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

6 Oct 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: an Italian situation report for October 5; of the front line on the central sector of the Italian Front according to the 76th Corps, as of October 5; three reports on activity on the Italian Front for October 5; that mopping up operations south of Trieste are reported to have been completed by October 4; and of certain German Air Force (GAF) railway transports away from Rome being doubled from October 5, with all goods to be cleared by October 15; on South-east Europe: of indications of impending German operations against Naxos, on October 4; a GAF situation report for October 4 including that the Germans are in complete possession of Kos; a report of October 3 on operations on Kos; a directive ordering employment of a GAF anti-shipping unit (KG100) only against worthwhile targets, on October 5; on the Russian Front: GAF reconnaissance reports on crossings of the Dnieper in several places, and referring to the area of penetration, on October 5; and SHARK: reporting success on October 2.
serbia montenegro albania greece croatia guerrilla warfare tactics railways yugoslavia crete second world war military intelligence eastern front military dispositions aerial reconnaissance hermann göring government code and cypher school anti-nazi resistance operations planning german strategy red army military situation reports troop movements italian campaign german withdrawal aerial attacks on ships occupied greece breakthroughs occupied italy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Albania Crete Croatia Greece Montenegro Serbia Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /2082/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2082
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2082.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Italian Campaign Military Dispositions Guerrilla Warfare Anti-nazi Resistance Occupied Italy German Withdrawal Railways Operations Planning German Strategy Occupied Greece Tactics Aerial Attacks On Ships Eastern Front Aerial Reconnaissance Red Army Breakthroughs Troop Movements
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
40
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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