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

6 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: SHARK, that U-boat cipher keys for April 3-4 have been recovered; on North Africa: of defensive successes being claimed for the 10th and 21st Panzer divisions at Guettar; and of damage to Ju88s of a German Air Force (GAF) reconnaissance group; and on the Southern Russian Front: German Army signals intelligence on Soviet forces on the North Caucasus Front, from March 28.
second world war defence casualties military intelligence eastern front government code and cypher school german army military strength invasion of french north africa german air force red army military situation reports reconnaissance aircraft
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1568/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1568
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1568.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Army Defence Invasion Of French North Africa German Air Force Casualties Reconnaissance Aircraft Eastern Front Red Army Military Strength
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
12
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence