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Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister, Messages and Correspondence

28 Feb 1943

A file of signals intelligence reports, messages, and correspondence issued by the Government Code and Cypher School and sent by the head ('C') of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) to the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. This file includes the following reports on North Africa: that Army Group Africa is to attack the 8th Army no later than March 4; that both Panzer divisions are to move to the Mareth Front, on February 27; and a 1st Italian Army report for February 27, noting increased British activity on the Mareth Front.
artillery second world war military operations british army military intelligence deception government code and cypher school operations planning german army italian army invasion of french north africa german deployments patrols
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1409/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1409
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1409.002
Keywords
Operations Planning German Army Invasion Of French North Africa German Deployments Deception British Army Military Operations Italian Army Patrols Artillery
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
10
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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