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

24 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: of Army Group B's request for smoke troops for air defence, on October 22; of a German instruction for smoke acid to be delivered to north Italy, on October 23; and that the 76th Panzer Corps orders its subordinate divisions to withdraw, on October 23.
italy second world war military intelligence government code and cypher school german withdrawal invasion of italy smokescreen
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /2156/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2156
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2156.002
Keywords
Invasion Of Italy Smokescreen German Withdrawal
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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