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

25 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: a small German unit reports fighting in the Marknassy area, on March 24; a reconnaissance unit reports the situation, as of March 24; that the German Africa Corps is counter-attacking south-east of El Guettar on March 24; the 2nd Air Corps' situation report for March 24; and a report on the 10th Panzer Division including its casualties and tank holding for March 23.
malta tunisia artillery second world war defence casualties british army military intelligence tanks government code and cypher school german army invasion of french north africa military situation reports counter-attacks british withdrawals
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Malta Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1512/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1512
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1512.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Invasion Of French North Africa Defence British Army Tanks Artillery Counter-attacks German Army British Withdrawals Casualties
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
15
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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