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

27 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 the Mediterranean: the Ground Officer Commanding (GOC) the 164th Division's situation report of March 25 including an expected Allied attack on March 27; on a proposed move of the battle HQ of the 21 Corps, on March 26; that the failure of an attack on an Allied convoy was considered to be due to poor navigation, on March 26; a German naval summary of operations in all theatres on March 25; and Naval Headlines.
france gibraltar tunisia finland italy shipping mines norway ports warships sicily second world war military intelligence incompetence naval operations military organisation government code and cypher school german army predicting enemy intentions german navy italian navy german air force air raids troop movements aerial attacks on ships allied powers
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Finland France Gibraltar Italy Norway Sicily Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1524/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1524
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1524.002
Keywords
Troop Movements Allied Powers Predicting Enemy Intentions Military Organisation German Army Incompetence Aerial Attacks On Ships German Air Force Naval Operations Air Raids Ports Mines Warships German Navy Italian Navy Shipping
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
20
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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