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

1 May 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 report on North Africa: that the German Air Force (GAF) are to mount special continuous night fighter patrols over the route of an important Axis convoy bound for Bizerta, on the night of May 1/2.
italy sicily second world war military intelligence convoys government code and cypher school italian navy invasion of french north africa night fighters fighter escorts
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1656/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1656
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1656.002
Keywords
Fighter Escorts Night Fighters Italian Navy Convoys Invasion Of French North Africa
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
4
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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