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

24 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: German Africa Corps reports on fighting in the El Guettar region, stating that the Centauro Division is badly battered, on March 23; that 1200 Italian troops were cut off in the Sened area, on March 23; that a German unit is in the Maknassy area after sustaining heavy losses, and is running short of ammunition, on March 23; that Major Medicus requests armament supplies as a result of heavy losses, on March 23; that the German Chief of Staff (COS) of the 1st Army expects an Allied attack on all three fronts in southern Tunisia during the night of March 23-24, from March 23; that the British are bringing up reinforcements on the southern Tunisian Front; that German are attacks requested, on March 24; and a naval report, on March 23.
tunisia norway second world war casualties british army military intelligence convoys battle of the atlantic military shortages government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence german army predicting enemy intentions italian army invasion of french north africa german air force military situation reports troop movements aerial attacks encirclement
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Norway Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1507/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1507
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1507.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Invasion Of French North Africa Italian Army Casualties Encirclement German Army Military Shortages Predicting Enemy Intentions German Air Force Aerial Attacks British Army Troop Movements Naval Intelligence Battle Of The Atlantic Convoys German U-boats
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
22
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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