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

4 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: that the 1st Army expects a big attack within a few days, from April 2; of the German Air Force's (GAF's) intentions for the night of April 4-5; of GAF objectives for the night of April 4-5; that the Centauro Division has 10 serviceable tanks and no assault guns, as of April 2; of the 21st Panzer Division's losses in vehicles and tanks, on April 2; and that a GAF fighter group is to transfer to north Tunisia on April 4.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Sardinia Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1562/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1562
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1562.002
Keywords
Invasion Of French North Africa Military Situation Reports Predicting Enemy Intentions Aerial Attacks Military Objectives German Air Force Military Strength Tanks Italian Army Casualties German Army Military Dispositions
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
21
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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