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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: 14th Panzer Corps reports, for October 30; a 15th Panzer Grenadier Division report, for October 30; Hermann Goering Division reports, for October 30; of the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division's request for reconnaissance, on October 30; that the 76th Panzer Corps requests a ground attack by the German Air Force (GAF), on October 30; 16th Panzer Division reports, for October 30; of the 26th Panzer Division being under attack, on October 30; of the boundaries and task of the 2nd Parachute Division, on October 30; and that the 14th Panzer Corps intends to withdraw, on October 30; on South-east Europe: that an operation, probably against Samos, has been postponed for 24 hours, on October 30; on the Southern Russian Front: that Hitler orders Crimea to be held, and its evacuation to be postponed, on October 28-29; and that the German Navy evacuates Genichesk (in Crimea), while blowing up boats, on October 30.
evacuation guerrilla warfare second world war defence partisans military intelligence adolf hitler eastern front military organisation nazi leadership hermann göring government code and cypher school anti-nazi resistance operations planning german strategy assessing enemy strength military situation reports german withdrawal german airborne troops invasion of italy allied powers breakthroughs
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /2190/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2190
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2190.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Invasion Of Italy Allied Powers Breakthroughs Assessing Enemy Strength Military Organisation German Airborne Troops Defence Guerrilla Warfare Anti-nazi Resistance Partisans German Withdrawal Operations Planning Nazi Leadership German Strategy Eastern Front Evacuation
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
24
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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