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

19 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: Naval Headlines; on the Mediterranean/Italy: of German Air Force (GAF) elements located at Brindisi, on June 17; that GAF staff officers arrive at Piacenza, on June 17, with further reinforcements expected; that the Germans sell anti-aircraft guns and associated equipment to the Italians, on June 12; of Allied air strikes against Comiso airfield, on June 17; of an air raid against Comiso on June 17, with considerable GAF losses; of simultaneous air attacks against Gela and San Pietro airfields; that the Hermann Goering Division is to be shipped to Sicily starting on June 19; of an Allied air attack against San Pietro in Sicily, on June 17; listings of GAF airfields and units in northern Italy and south-western France, for June 17; and that the French authorities mount an urgent seaborne supply operation for Corsica, on June 17; on the Russian Front: that a GAF dive-bomber unit withdraws from Crimea to Athens, on June 17; and of combat operations in the Leningrad area, on June 16; and on Yugoslavia: that Operation SCHWARZ in Montenegro was successfully completed, on June 16.
trade france belgium montenegro germany aircraft artillery guerrilla warfare italy shipping fuel corsica england sicily second world war partisans military intelligence intelligence gathering military dispositions effects of bombing hermann göring government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence occupied france italian navy german air force air raids german-italian relations military situation reports troop movements military commanders anti-aircraft defence supply problems occupied yugoslavia
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Belgium Corsica England France Germany Italy Montenegro Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1748/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1748
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1748.002
Keywords
Naval Intelligence German U-boats Intelligence Gathering Italian Navy Shipping Military Commanders German-italian Relations Trade Artillery Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Aircraft Fuel Troop Movements Anti-aircraft Defence Military Dispositions German Air Force Occupied France Supply Problems Military Situation Reports Guerrilla Warfare Partisans Occupied Yugoslavia
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
31
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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