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

31 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 Hermann Goering Division is to withdraw its left wing, on October 30; of German Air Force (GAF) measures against further Allied air attacks on Genoa, on October 31; that vessels in the Adriatic are to keep clear of the Split area, and E-boats are to be transferred from France to Venice, on October 28-30; that GAF seaplanes are to supply Split; the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) South's situation report, for October 28, including that a parachute regiment is to be sent by air to the C-in-C for the Southeast Mediterranean; and a general situation report on South and Southeast Europe issued in Berlin, on October 29; on South-east Europe: of no damage being caused in an Allied raid on Heraklion, on October 30; on the Southern Russian Front: a GAF summary of the air reconnaissance results for October 30; and that 4 GAF groups were transferred from the 6th Air Fleet to the 4th Air Fleet because of hard defensive fighting, on October 28.
albania slovenia gibraltar greece russia croatia guerrilla warfare italy ports yugoslavia corsica crete sardinia sicily second world war partisans food supplies military intelligence eastern front coastal defence sabotage military dispositions aerial reconnaissance effects of bombing hermann göring government code and cypher school air raid precautions german air force military situation reports troop movements allied strategy german withdrawal anti-aircraft defence torpedo boats german airborne troops supply problems invasion of italy occupied yugoslavia
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Albania Corsica Crete Croatia Gibraltar Greece Italy Russia Sardinia Sicily Slovenia Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /2187/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2187
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2187.002
Keywords
German Withdrawal Allied Strategy Military Situation Reports Invasion Of Italy Anti-aircraft Defence Air Raid Precautions Ports Coastal Defence Supply Problems Occupied Yugoslavia Military Dispositions Torpedo Boats Food Supplies Troop Movements German Airborne Troops Guerrilla Warfare Partisans Sabotage Effects Of Bombing Aerial Reconnaissance Eastern Front German Air Force
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
34
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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