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

28 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 Southern Europe: of German troops being ordered to exercise the greatest restraint towards Italians, on July 26; situation reports on the battle in Sicily, including a list of serviceable weapons; and that the fighting morale of Italian troops has been lowered by the expectation of an early end of the war, on July 26; from the Brazilian ambassador in Madrid, on Allied strategy following the expected fall of Sicily, and on the Spanish internal situation, on July 23; a German circular Press directive in light of the Italian change of government, on July 26; and from the Portuguese ambassador to the Vatican, on the Italian situation, as at July 26.
politics united states of america diplomacy international relations italy military discipline spain corsica sardinia sicily second world war military intelligence adolf hitler security service morale francisco franco edward bridges hermann göring government code and cypher school german army franklin delano roosevelt benito mussolini italian army german strategy german-italian relations military situation reports diplomatic intelligence allied strategy italian government defeatism invasion of sicily operation husky
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Corsica Italy Sardinia Sicily Spain United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /1887/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1887
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1887.002
Keywords
Military Discipline German Army German-italian Relations Military Situation Reports Invasion Of Sicily Operation Husky Morale Defeatism Italian Army Diplomatic Intelligence Allied Strategy German Strategy Italian Government Politics Diplomacy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
14
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Francisco Franco Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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