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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: the German Air Force (GAF) report a Spitfire attack on Taormina, on July 9; a German report of landings on Sicily, but none on Sardinia, on July 10; that GAF reconnaissance shows 50 craft to be in Syracuse harbour, on July 10; that the GAF are to concentrate on landing troops rather than warships, on July 10; of GAF SK10 aircraft being located near Salerno, on July 9; a GAF reconnaissance report of the landing fleet off Sicily, early on the morning of July 10; of a GAF claim that parachutists in the Castel Vetrano area were mopped up, on July 10; that the GAF in Sicily has 150 fighters, as of July 9; and a German report of fighting on Favignana island off Sicily, on July 10.
malta shipping ports warships sardinia sicily second world war royal navy military intelligence royal air force paratroopers coastal defence government code and cypher school military strength predicting enemy intentions german air force military situation reports allied strategy military objectives aerial attacks strafing naval bombardment allied powers invasion of sicily operation husky
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Malta Sardinia Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1817/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1817
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1817.002
Keywords
Royal Air Force Aerial Attacks Strafing Predicting Enemy Intentions Allied Strategy Shipping Ports Invasion Of Sicily Military Objectives Coastal Defence German Air Force Royal Navy Warships Naval Bombardment Military Situation Reports Allied Powers Paratroopers Military Strength Operation Husky
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
21
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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