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

8 Jun 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 Southern Europe: that General Major Lunfershausen has been identified as the Ground Officer Commanding (GOC) Division Sardinia, on June 2; of short rations impeding unloading operations at Olbia, on June 6; of a German Air Force (GAF) unit with Italian crews moving to Italy for training and operations, on June 7; a GAF station commander at Placenza airfield reports that the airfield is occupied with aircraft to an alarming degree, on June 7; that the 1st Panzer Division is destined for the Peloponnese on June 5, C comments that it was recently located in Brittany; on the Mediterranean: a survey of shipping on June 6 and 7; and a naval situation summary including an Allied landing attempt on Lampedusa apparently being repulsed, on June 7; on the Russian Front: reports of an imminent Russian attack in the Taganrog area, on June 7; and of GAF operations in southern Russia including an attack on the Gorki tank works, on June 7.
malta greece russia aircraft croatia factories italy shipping sardinia sicily second world war personnel casualties food supplies military intelligence landing craft tanks convoys eastern front airfields military dispositions government code and cypher school german army predicting enemy intentions german air force air raids troop movements allied strategy military commanders amphibious operations supply problems soviet strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Croatia Greece Italy Malta Russia Sardinia Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1722/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1722
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1722.002
Keywords
Military Commanders German Army Supply Problems Food Supplies Personnel German Air Force Shipping Convoys Aircraft Airfields Amphibious Operations Allied Strategy Casualties Landing Craft Troop Movements Military Dispositions Predicting Enemy Intentions Soviet Strategy Eastern Front Air Raids Factories Tanks
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
28
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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