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

14 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 summary from Brigadier Hollis for the Prime Minister (PM); and a SUNSET intelligence report; on South Europe: that Italian E-boats are to be advised of Palermo shipping, and that the Allies hold the north coast as far as Milazzo, on August 13; that the German Air Force (GAF) expect an Allied landing east of Cape Calava on August 14; of railway being lines cut in Calabria, so the Germans are to unload the trains and use vehicles; that the Germans are reinforcing anti-aircraft artillery in the toe of Italy, on August 11; that the Axis accelerated the sailing of landing craft to Messina, on August 12-13; of landing craft at Naples being put on short notice, on August 13; that landing craft were ordered from Vibo Valentia to Messina, on August 13; the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) South's general situation report, for August 11; and that Corsica is to be supplied from Sardinia, from August 5; and on South-east Europe: that the GAF Air Officer Commanding (AOC) orders immediate construction work on airfields in Albania, on August 12.
security albania russia italy transportation railways corsica sardinia sicily second world war defence military intelligence landing craft military supplies eastern front airfields government code and cypher school anti-nazi resistance german army predicting enemy intentions red army military situation reports troop movements anti-aircraft defence shipping losses supply problems landing places invasion of italy soviet strategy breakthroughs battle of kursk occupied yugoslavia
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Albania Corsica Italy Russia Sardinia Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1939/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1939
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1939.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Eastern Front Battle Of Kursk German Army Troop Movements Defence Red Army Breakthroughs Soviet Strategy Airfields Occupied Yugoslavia Security Anti-nazi Resistance Predicting Enemy Intentions Landing Places Invasion Of Italy Supply Problems Railways Anti-aircraft Defence Landing Craft Transportation Shipping Losses Military Supplies
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
33
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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