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

9 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: an Army Group Africa report for March 7, stating that the 8th Army is securing the approach around Medenine; that the Italian 1st Army is withdrawing; on evidence that the Allies knew the details of the attack; and that the fuel situation does not allow the move of 2 divisions from Mareth.
second world war personnel casualties military intelligence tanks axis powers government code and cypher school german army invasion of french north africa military situation reports predicting enemy reactions
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1444/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1444
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1444.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Invasion Of French North Africa Axis Powers Predicting Enemy Reactions German Army Casualties Personnel Tanks
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
11
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence