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

3 Apr 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: of the 15th Panzer Division being reinforced, on March 30; of measures to restore the serviceability of German Air Force (GAF) unit KG26, on April 4; that Army Group Africa are to return the hulls of unserviceable tank IVs to Germany, on March 30; and of the GAF's intentions for April 4; on the Mediterranean: that GAF Sardinia request ME210s for the reconnaissance of Algeria, on April 3; and on GAF photo-reconnaissance of all Allied harbours on April 5.
malta gibraltar tunisia germany aircraft shipping sardinia second world war military intelligence tanks military dispositions aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school german army invasion of french north africa german air force mechanical problems
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Germany Gibraltar Malta Sardinia Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1559/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1559
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1559.002
Keywords
German Army Military Dispositions Invasion Of French North Africa Mechanical Problems Aircraft German Air Force Tanks Aerial Reconnaissance Shipping
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
17
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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