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

28 Mar 1942

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: of tanks being loaded on landing craft for the German Army, on March 27; that 15 German Air Force (GAF) FW190s are en route to Africa, on March 25; of confusion in the 1st Army's command, on March 27; that GAF Tunis orders attacks on enemy concentrations, on the night of March 28-29; and that reinforcements for a GAF field division in Tunisia were ordered to Naples, on March 22.
tunisia aircraft second world war military intelligence tanks axis powers military organisation government code and cypher school operations planning invasion of french north africa german air force german-italian relations troop movements german airborne troops aerial attacks
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1531/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1531
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1531.002
Keywords
Troop Movements Tanks Aircraft Axis Powers Invasion Of French North Africa Military Organisation German-italian Relations Operations Planning Aerial Attacks German Air Force German Airborne Troops
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
14
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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