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

26 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); on South Europe: of the German Air Force's (GAF's) operational orders for August 25-26, including reconnaissance for enemy landing attempts; that Kesselring states that the battle in Sicily showed the clear superiority of the German command and troops, on August 24; that Kesselring calls for the strictest economy in fuel consumption, on August 24; that Kesselring is concerned at the number of German soldiers remaining in Rome, on August 24; of the tank status of the 16th Panzer Division, on August 24; and on the aircraft status of the 2nd Air Corps, as of August 25; and on Germany: of considerable damage caused by an air raid on Berlin, on August 25.
germany aircraft italy military discipline fuel sardinia sicily second world war military intelligence royal air force tanks adolf hitler axis powers aerial reconnaissance effects of bombing hermann göring leslie hollis government code and cypher school german army military strength invasion preparations german air force air raids military commanders supply problems invasion of italy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Germany Italy Sardinia Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1963/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1963
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1963.002
Keywords
Aerial Reconnaissance Invasion Preparations Invasion Of Italy Military Commanders Military Strength Axis Powers Supply Problems Fuel Military Discipline German Army Tanks Aircraft German Air Force Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Royal Air Force
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
23
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler Leslie Hollis
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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