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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: the German Africa Corps reports that 25-26 tanks are serviceable on the Gafsa front, on March 23; the German Air Force (GAF) at Tunis reports its targets on the southern Tunisian Front for the night of March 24-25; of the defensive positions of the 164th Division on the southern flank, on March 23; of operations by the 2nd Air Corps in southern Tunisia for the night of March 23-24; that no operations for the night of March 24-25 are intended by the 10th Air Corps - C annotates that the 10th Air Corps is based in Greece but most of the aircraft have been transferred to the 2nd Air Corps which is based in Sicily and Sardinia; that no operations are intended by GAF reconnaissance in Sardinia owing to a lack of forces; that the 2nd Air Corps is to attack targets before the Mareth line during the night of March 24-25; a German ammunition return showing low quantities, on March 23; and of approval of the amalgamation of GAF field formations into a brigade and to be subordinated under Division Hermann Goering, on March 21.
tunisia italy sardinia second world war defence military intelligence military supplies tanks axis powers military organisation military dispositions military shortages hermann göring government code and cypher school operations planning german army military strength invasion of french north africa german air force military situation reports aerial attacks ammunition dumps
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Sardinia Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1509/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1509
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1509.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Army Invasion Of French North Africa Military Strength Tanks Operations Planning Aerial Attacks German Air Force Military Dispositions Defence Axis Powers Military Shortages Ammunition Dumps Military Supplies Military Organisation
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
25
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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