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

9 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 German Air Force (GAF) at Tunis' operational orders for April 9; of there being no GAF night operations because of the weather and fuel situation, on April 8; that Army Group Africa are not to withdraw from the specified line before the evening of April 8; and that the 1st Italian Army is to withdraw, on April 7.
fuel second world war military intelligence adverse weather conditions military organisation military shortages government code and cypher school invasion of french north africa german air force german strategy german withdrawal
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1582/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1582
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1582.002
Keywords
Military Organisation German Air Force Adverse Weather Conditions Fuel Military Shortages German Withdrawal German Strategy Invasion Of French North Africa
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
12
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence