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

22 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Africa: that 3 Sardinian airfields are to prepare to receive German Air Force (GAF) fighter aircraft probably being withdrawn from Tunisia, on April 21; that additional elements of the Hermann Goering Division were ordered by Hitler to deploy to North Africa via Italy, with the units being in transit by April 18; tank returns for the German Africa Corps and the 1st Italian Army, on April 18; that an upgraded twin-engined fighter, the ME-410, is to be sent to the Mediterranean area, on April 21; and that the Panzer regiment of the Hermann Goering Division is not to proceed to North Africa but to remain in Italy as a reinforcement for the battle group in Sicily, on April 18; on the Russian Front: of heavy fighting on the Caucasus bridgehead, on April 20; and that the Germans claim Soviet attacks were repulsed at the Novorossijsk bridgehead, on April 21.
technology tunisia aircraft italy sardinia sicily second world war defence military intelligence tanks adolf hitler eastern front airfields military dispositions hermann göring government code and cypher school german army german air force red army military situation reports troop movements counter-attacks
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Sardinia Sicily Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1625/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1625
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1625.002
Keywords
Airfields Military Dispositions German Air Force Troop Movements German Army Tanks Technology Aircraft Military Situation Reports Eastern Front Defence Red Army Counter-attacks
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
21
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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