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

14 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: that Kesselring gives Brigade Schmalz in the Catania area additional forces, on July 13; that Brigade Schmalz is to receive the mobile reserve of the Hermann Goering Division, on July 13; of losses at Monte Corvino airfield in Naples in an Allied raid, on July 13; of losses at Monte Corvino, on July 12; a German Air Force (GAF) situation report on Sicily, for July 12; that German troops are to destroy Canicatti, on July 11; of Allied infantry advancing south of Canicatti, on July 12; that the Goering Division loses 200 men, on July 12; that the GAF are to attack in the Syracuse-Augusta area with only weak forces on July 13; that German air landing reinforcements arrive in Sicily, on July 12; of heavy fighting in the Augusta area, on July 12; on worthwhile targets for GAF long-range bombers in the Augusta area, on July 13; of a GAF low-level attack on the U.S. advance, on July 13; the Commander in Chief's (C-in-C's) situation report for June 30; and of a GAF attack on Bone harbour on the night of June 29-30.
france malta gibraltar international relations italy ports sardinia sicily second world war casualties military intelligence axis powers military organisation airfields effects of bombing hermann göring government code and cypher school demolitions german army air raids military situation reports troop movements allied strategy german withdrawal german airborne troops military objectives aerial attacks aerial attacks on ships landing places allied powers invasion of sicily operation husky
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
France Gibraltar Italy Malta Sardinia Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1831/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1831
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1831.002
Keywords
Military Organisation Axis Powers Invasion Of Sicily Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Airfields Landing Places Allied Strategy German Withdrawal Demolitions Allied Powers Troop Movements German Army Casualties Aerial Attacks On Ships Ports German Airborne Troops Military Situation Reports Military Objectives Aerial Attacks Operation Husky
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
39
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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