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

23 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: a German Navy summary report for April 22, that the aircraft-carrier Graf Zeppelin is en route from Kiel to Stettin, on Axis shipping losses in the Mediterranean, and detailing an RAF raid on Spezia; on North Africa: that Rommel has been in the army sanatorium at Semmering in Austria since at least April 5, and requests that an item of his luggage be picked up and flown out from Tunis, on April 5; C reports to the Prime Minister (PM) that this is the final proof that Rommel is in Austria.
tunisia aircraft carriers austria ports second world war military intelligence royal air force axis powers military dispositions effects of bombing government code and cypher school harold alexander german navy erwin rommel air raids military commanders shipping losses
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Austria Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1629/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1629
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1629.002
Keywords
Aircraft Carriers German Navy Military Dispositions Ports Shipping Losses Axis Powers Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Royal Air Force Military Commanders
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
6
Persons Discussed
Harold Alexander Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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