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

10 Jul 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 South Europe: a German estimate of the Allied landing fleet, on July 9; of Axis vessels leaving Catania, on the evening of July 9; and that Allied parachutists landed in the Comiso area, on the evening of July 9.
second world war military intelligence civil unrest paratroopers government code and cypher school assessing enemy strength landing places allied powers invasion of sicily operation husky
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1815/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1815
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1815.002
Keywords
Assessing Enemy Strength Allied Powers Invasion Of Sicily Civil Unrest Landing Places Paratroopers Operation Husky
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
7
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence