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

29 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 16th Panzer Division learns of Allied intentions from captured documents, on October 29; and that the 2nd Air Fleet is to secure Italian air defence equipment, on October 26; and on South-east Europe: that German Air Force (GAF) Ju52s are heading to Greece for a parachute operation, on October 28.
aircraft italy transportation second world war military intelligence weapons production government code and cypher school predicting enemy intentions captured documents amphibious operations anti-aircraft defence german airborne troops landing places invasion of italy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /2180/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2180
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2180.002
Keywords
Captured Documents Predicting Enemy Intentions Amphibious Operations Invasion Of Italy Landing Places German Airborne Troops Transportation Aircraft Anti-aircraft Defence Weapons Production
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
10
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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