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

11 Feb 1944

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 Southern Europe: that the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division in the main front, in the 14th Corps' sector, is to be relieved by the 71st Infantry Division, on February 10; that the Admiral for the Adriatic instructs all subordinate units on February 7 to release all combat personnel for the front, replacing them with civilian workers (particularly women), volunteer helpers and prisoners of war; of an urgent requirement for additional anti-aircraft artillery to defend 8 listed German ports in the Adriatic, on February 9; a damage assessment given on February 9 following a recent Allied raid on the port of Khios; that on February 10 the German Air Force (GAF) South-east Command questions a GAF HQ in Berlin order of February 7 giving the GAF in Hungary authority to upgrade the GAF organisation there and also to train Hungarian Air Force units - GAF South-east Command puts in a bid to play a major role in future GAF operations in Hungary based on its experience in the Balkans, particularly with regard to bomber units and the preparation of airfields in the face of Hungarian passive resistance; and on the Russian Front: of GAF reconnaissance results for February 9 over an area to the south of Pinsk, which suggest a considerable widening to the north, towards Pripet, of the Russian salient into central Poland.
hungary poland austria ports recruitment second world war mobilisation military intelligence civilians eastern front military organisation airfields military dispositions aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school german war effort german army red army troop movements anti-aircraft defence shipping losses hungarian armed forces occupied yugoslavia
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Austria Hungary Poland
Document Reference
HW1 /2441/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2441
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2441.002
Keywords
Military Dispositions German Army Mobilisation Recruitment Civilians German War Effort Anti-aircraft Defence Ports Occupied Yugoslavia Shipping Losses Military Organisation Airfields Hungarian Armed Forces Aerial Reconnaissance Eastern Front Red Army Troop Movements
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
18
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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