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

27 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: the 16th Panzer Division's reports on October 26; of the location of the battle HQ of the 76th Panzer Corps, on October 26; of the 14th Panzer Corps' front line, as at October 26; that the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division came under heavy air attacks, on October 26; the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division reports information from an Italian officer, on October 26; from the Hermann Goering division, on the location of its battle outposts, on October 26; a 26th Panzer Division report, for October 26; reports to and from the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division, on October 26; a German 1st Parachute Division report, on October 26; that the 16th Panzer Division mines a river bank, on October 26; and the 16th Panzer Division reports information from a PoW, on October 26.
artillery italy tactics second world war defence military intelligence informants hermann göring government code and cypher school german army italian army military situation reports strafing invasion of italy allied powers
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /2174/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2174
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2174.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Invasion Of Italy Allied Powers Tactics Strafing German Army Defence Artillery Italian Army Informants
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
19
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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