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

12 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: of orders for German Air Force (GAF) attacks in Sicily on July 12; Trapani reports an attack to be imminent, on July 12; that Trapani reverts to a lower state of readiness, on July 12; that Italian E-boats are to attack the Allies off Cape Passero on July 12; of Axis air force claims of shipping being sunk off Sicily, on July 11; that GAF aircraft were destroyed in an Allied raid on probably Trapani, on July 11; that the Fortress Battalion has not transferred to Sicily, on July 10; and that security at Ottana airfield in Sardinia is to be tightened after an act of sabotage, on July 11; on South-east Europe: of an arrangement to ship Italian troops to Crete, on July 11; on friction between the Italian and Bulgarian forces in Yugoslavia, on June 29; and on the Southern Russian Front: a GAF afternoon report for July 11; and a GAF report for July 9.
security argentina russia air warfare guerrilla warfare italy naval warfare crete sardinia sicily second world war casualties partisans royal navy military intelligence axis powers eastern front sabotage airfields military dispositions effects of bombing government code and cypher school operations planning german army predicting enemy intentions italian navy german air force air raids military situation reports troop movements torpedo boats shipping losses aerial attacks strafing aerial attacks on ships naval bombardment allied powers invasion of sicily battle of kursk occupied yugoslavia operation husky
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Argentina Crete Italy Russia Sardinia Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1823/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1823
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1823.002
Keywords
Operations Planning Aerial Attacks Strafing Invasion Of Sicily Naval Bombardment Royal Navy Predicting Enemy Intentions Italian Navy Torpedo Boats Naval Warfare Allied Powers Shipping Losses Aerial Attacks On Ships German Air Force Casualties Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Airfields Troop Movements Military Dispositions German Army Security Sabotage Axis Powers Guerrilla Warfare Partisans Occupied Yugoslavia Air Warfare Eastern Front Military Situation Reports Battle Of Kursk Operation Husky
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
32
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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