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

1 Mar 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 landing craft delivered tanks and other military equipment to Bizerta for the 21st Panzer Division, on February 28; that the 10th and 21st Panzer Divisions are moving to the Schott position north-west of Gabes, on February 28; that Rommel makes a case to Berlin and to Kesselring in favour of retaining General Ziegler as commander of the German troops in the Italian 1st Army, on February 26; and Naval Headlines.
france tunisia shipping transportation sicily second world war military intelligence military supplies tanks convoys battle of the atlantic government code and cypher school german u-boats german army german navy italian navy erwin rommel invasion of french north africa troop movements military commanders shipping losses aerial attacks on ships
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
France Sicily Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1411/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1411
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1411.002
Keywords
Transportation Military Supplies Shipping Invasion Of French North Africa Tanks Troop Movements German Army Military Commanders German Navy Battle Of The Atlantic German U-boats Convoys Aerial Attacks On Ships Italian Navy Shipping Losses
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
20
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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