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

23 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 South Europe: that the 14th Panzer Corps expects its flank to be turned and to be forced to withdraw on October 23; of the 56th Werfer Regiment being set up in France for the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) South, on October 6; the C-in-C South's situation report, for October 21, noting the German tank situation; of the 334th Infantry Division transferring to north Italy from France, on October 22; that the German Air Force (GAF) in Croatia is unable to supply aircraft to the 264th Infantry Division, on October 21; and that the German Army on the east of Italy is to be supplied by small boats from Venice and Trieste, on October 22; on South-east Europe: a warning of GAF operations in the Aegean, on October 21; and that a GAF hangar construction battalion is to move to Roumania, on October 22; and Naval Headlines, covering the situation of the German warship the Tirpitz; midget submarines being discovered; and the evacuation of Sevastopol.
france gibraltar tunisia artillery croatia italy shipping transportation romania warships corsica sardinia second world war military intelligence military organisation airfields military dispositions effects of bombing hermann göring government code and cypher school german u-boats air raid precautions naval intelligence german army predicting enemy intentions german navy air raids troop movements occupied norway allied strategy invasion of italy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Corsica Croatia France Gibraltar Italy Romania Sardinia Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /2150/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2150
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2150.002
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions Troop Movements Allied Strategy Invasion Of Italy German Army Military Organisation Artillery Transportation Shipping Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Military Dispositions Air Raid Precautions Airfields Naval Intelligence German Navy Warships Occupied Norway German U-boats
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
37
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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