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

12 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: Army Group Africa reports preparations for an enemy offensive on the Mareth Front, on March 9; Army Group Africa reports enemy reinforcement of the Mareth Front and expect an early offensive, on March 10; on further enemy reinforcement of the Mareth Front, on March 10; that the Germans expect strong Allied pressure towards Sardinia, on March 10; a German Air Force (GAF) at Tunis evening report, for March 11; and that the Germans in Tunisia are dissatisfied with their mark III tanks, on March 11; on Yugoslavia: of cooperation between German troops and Mihailovich forces, on March 3; on the Mediterranean: that limitation is to be placed on the participation of GAF officers in operations in order to reduce losses, on March 11; that Berlin seeks maps of the Greek islands; and of anti-Axis strikes and demonstrations in Greece, on March 4-5; and on the Southern Russian Front: that the GAF is to support an attack on Kharkov, on March 10.
france mapping tunisia air warfare artillery diplomacy guerrilla warfare yugoslavia sardinia second world war casualties partisans british army military intelligence civil unrest tanks herzegovina security service eastern front hermann göring government code and cypher school intelligence requirements anti-nazi resistance german army predicting enemy intentions italian army invasion of french north africa assessing enemy strength red army military situation reports allied strategy military commanders mechanical problems aerial attacks on ships allied powers occupied greece
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
France Herzegovina Sardinia Tunisia Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /1451/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1451
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1451.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Army Italian Army Invasion Of French North Africa Assessing Enemy Strength Predicting Enemy Intentions British Army Allied Powers Artillery Allied Strategy Air Warfare Mechanical Problems Tanks Partisans Guerrilla Warfare Anti-nazi Resistance Diplomacy Casualties Military Commanders Intelligence Requirements Mapping Civil Unrest Occupied Greece Aerial Attacks On Ships Red Army Eastern Front
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
35
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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