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

17 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: on the front line in Sicily, for July 16; a German Air Force (GAF) situation report for July 16; that the 14th Panzer Corps' planning staff arrived in Sicily, on July 15; that the 29th Panzer Division seeks sanction for dispositions for the defence of Italy, on July 15; and that a GAF ground attack unit transferred from France to the 2nd Air Fleet, on July 16; and on South-east Europe: a GAF Command Southeast report for July 16.
france cyprus greece croatia guerrilla warfare italy crete sicily second world war defence partisans military intelligence military dispositions government code and cypher school german army german air force military situation reports allied strategy military commanders aerial attacks invasion of sicily occupied yugoslavia operation husky
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Croatia Cyprus France Greece Italy Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1848/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1848
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1848.002
Keywords
Invasion Of Sicily Operation Husky Military Situation Reports Allied Strategy Military Commanders German Army Military Dispositions Defence Guerrilla Warfare Partisans Occupied Yugoslavia Aerial Attacks German Air Force
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
24
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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