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

23 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 the Mediterranean/Southern Europe: details of the elements of the Hermann Goering Division ferried across to Sicily on June 21; and that an Allied air raid of June 21 results in severe damage to an equipment storage park at Naples.
sicily second world war military intelligence airfields effects of bombing hermann göring government code and cypher school german army air raids troop movements allied powers
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1764/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1764
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1764.002
Keywords
German Army Troop Movements Effects Of Bombing Allied Powers Air Raids Airfields
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
6
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence