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

28 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: from Brigadier Hollis for the Prime Minister (PM); on South-east Europe: of the transfer of the 2nd Panzer Army from the Russian Front to the Balkans, on August 24; that the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) for the Southeast has transferred to Army Group F and takes over Army Group E, on August 26; that the Italian 2nd Army is to evacuate garrisons in the Italian 18th Army Corps' area followed by their replacement by Germans and Croatians, on August 20; on West Europe: of Allied air raids on northern France, on August 27; and on Northern Europe: that the German Air Force (GAF) Air Officer North (West) is interested in a new rocket bomb used in U.K. attacks on shipping, on August 26.
france serbia albania greece russia croatia norway rockets yugoslavia second world war military intelligence royal air force military organisation effects of bombing leslie hollis government code and cypher school secret weapons german army occupied france air raids italian withdrawal occupied yugoslavia
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Albania Croatia France Greece Norway Russia Serbia Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /1967/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1967
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1967.002
Keywords
Military Organisation German Army Occupied Yugoslavia Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Occupied France Italian Withdrawal Secret Weapons Rockets Royal Air Force
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
25
Persons Discussed
Leslie Hollis
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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