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: two reports from the 15th Panzer Division which is continuing to attack Termoli on October 5; that the Goering Division is to hold the Volturno line on October 6; of a German minelayer being mined off San Remo on October 5; that important dams in upper Italy are to be protected against Allied air attacks, from September 24; and the Chief of the Air Staff's (CAS's) response to Churchill's query on the dams in Italy, on October 5; on Southern and South-east Europe: a Department for Foreign Armies West situation report, for October 4; on South-east Europe: of the Germans being ordered to carry out the occupation of Amorgos, on October 5; and Naval Headlines.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Albania Azores Bosnia Corsica Croatia Greece Italy Norway Sardinia Serbia Slovenia
- Document Reference
- HW1 /2085/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /2085
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.2085.002
- Keywords
- Military Situation Reports Italian Campaign Landing Places Invasion Of Italy German Army Counter-attacks Military Dispositions Defence German Intelligence Services Intelligence Reports German Navy Shipping Losses Occupation Arrangements Occupied Greece Naval Intelligence Aerial Attacks On Ships Occupied Norway German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic Torpedo Boats Salvage Fuel Operations Planning Aerial Attacks Demolitions Contingency Planning Royal Air Force Anti-aircraft Defence
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Government Code and Cypher School
- Pages
- 24
- Persons Discussed
- Hermann Göring
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare
