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

10 Aug 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: a BONIFACE report from Brigadier Hollis to the Prime Minister (PM); a daily SUNSET intelligence report; on Southern Europe: that the 14th Panzer Corps claim to have destroyed or captured 267 tanks between July 10 and August 5; that the shortage of light flak ammunition is catastrophic according to the German authorities in Messina, on August 7; that ammunition is urgently required by the Germans in the southern Italian area consequent on losses at Palermo and Messina, and on recent expenditure, on August 7; an operations report of the 14th Panzer Corps for August 8; that the Germans were nervous of Allied landings in the rear of the Sicilian bridgehead, on August 9; that the German Air Force (GAF) are making preparations for the dismantling of Crotone airfield, on August 8; that a large-scale Allied air attack on Crete is expected, on August 6; on orders for a state of readiness on Crete, that an increase in guerilla activity there is to be expected, and economy with fuel is called for, on July 27; that the 76th Infantry Division is to transfer from Brittany to northern Italy, on August 6; and Naval Headlines.
france malta cyprus gibraltar greece germany italy shipping ports warships yugoslavia corsica crete sardinia sicily second world war casualties military intelligence royal air force military supplies tanks battle of the atlantic axis powers balearic islands military dispositions military shortages hermann göring abwehr government code and cypher school anti-nazi resistance german u-boats naval intelligence demolitions predicting enemy intentions italian navy military situation reports troop movements allied strategy german withdrawal amphibious operations anti-aircraft defence shipping losses italian foreign policy aerial attacks on ships allied powers occupied greece invasion of sicily
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Balearic Islands Corsica Crete Cyprus France Germany Gibraltar Greece Italy Malta Sardinia Sicily Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /1933/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1933
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1933.002
Keywords
Military Dispositions Troop Movements Axis Powers German Withdrawal Military Situation Reports Allied Powers Casualties Tanks Invasion Of Sicily Military Shortages Military Supplies Anti-aircraft Defence Predicting Enemy Intentions Allied Strategy Amphibious Operations Demolitions Ports Occupied Greece Anti-nazi Resistance Naval Intelligence Royal Air Force Aerial Attacks On Ships German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic Italian Foreign Policy Italian Navy Warships Shipping Losses Shipping
Languages
English
Organizations
Abwehr Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
50
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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