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

19 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 contains a message from Brigadier LRC Hollis for the Prime Minister (PM); a BONIFACE summary; and the following reports on the Mediterranean: that the German Air Force (GAF) are to attack the Allied invasion fleet in Oran harbour, on May 18; that Axis tanks and equipment are being shipped to Sardinia, on May 17; on the Axis equipment going to Sardinia, on May 18; that 1000 German troops are at Palau, in Sardinia, as of May 17; that a German division is assembling in Sicily, on May 18; that German anti-aircraft artillery units are moving to Sardinia, Sicily and southern Italy, on May 17; that GAF bombers are to move south to the Gulf of Taranto, on May 17; that German anti-aircraft units are to be made mobile to deal with landings on Crete, on May 16; and that Hitler orders anti-aircraft artillery to use all barrels and the greatest amount of ammunition against Allied aircraft, on May 18.
france italy transportation ports spain crete sardinia sicily second world war equipment military intelligence tanks adolf hitler balearic islands military organisation military dispositions leslie hollis government code and cypher school german army military strength invasion threat german air force anti-aircraft defence aerial attacks on ships invasion of sicily operation husky
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Balearic Islands Crete France Italy Sardinia Sicily Spain
Document Reference
HW1 /1696/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1696
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1696.002
Keywords
Aerial Attacks On Ships Ports Invasion Threat Invasion Of Sicily Operation Husky Transportation Tanks Equipment German Army Military Dispositions Military Strength Anti-aircraft Defence German Air Force Military Organisation
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
33
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler Leslie Hollis
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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