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 5-6 have been broken; on North Africa: of new Axis dispositions in the Akarit position, on April 6; and that the German Air Force (GAF) Stuka unit is to attack tanks near Ousseltia on April 7; Naval Headlines, covering U-boat operations in the Atlantic; and that an Axis sabotage operation against Bone is to go ahead on the night of April 7-8.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Document Reference
- HW1 /1575/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /1575
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.1575.002
- Keywords
- Military Dispositions Axis Powers Operations Planning Aerial Attacks Tanks Naval Intelligence Battle Of The Atlantic Convoys German U-boats Shipping Losses Royal Navy Warships Italian Navy
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Government Code and Cypher School
- Pages
- 9
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
