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

2 Nov 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 Italian fascist government is to be at Venice, on October 27; that the Hermann Goering Division is to make a further withdrawal, on November 1; that the 26th Panzer Division requests air support for expected very heavy fighting on November 2; and that the 76th Panzer Corps expects British troops to leap-frog by sea up the east coast, on November 1; on South-east Europe: a German Air Force (GAF) evening raid report of November 1, noting losses in a raid on Podgorica airfield; on the Southern Russian Front: that the German Navy in the Black Sea evacuates Kalanchak and Skadovsk, on October 31; and that the German Admiral in the Black Sea calls for attacks on Soviet vessels and complains about premature demolition, on October 31; Naval Headlines; and from the Japanese minister in Berne, detailing Allied differences on the prosecution of the war and on post-war Europe, on October 28.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
France Germany Great Britain Japan Russia Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /2199/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2199
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2199.002
Keywords
Italian Government Fascism German Withdrawal Invasion Of Italy Aerial Attacks On Ships German Air Force Inter-services Cooperation German Army Predicting Enemy Intentions Amphibious Operations Allied Strategy Air Raids Allied Powers Occupied Yugoslavia Eastern Front Evacuation Demolitions Ports Military Discipline German Morale Naval Intelligence Torpedo Boats German U-boats Salvage Shipping Diplomatic Intelligence Post-war Planning
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
27
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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