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

17 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 correspondence: a telegram for the Prime Minister (PM) from General Mason MacFarlane, not included; on Southern Europe: 6 battle reports for February 16 from the 1st Para Corps' area, with many Allied casualties being claimed; 6 battle reports for February 16 from the 76th Corps' area, covering the eastern half of the Nettuno bridgehead; a report of the results of Allied air raids on San Stefano town and harbour, on February 16-17; and a complaint from a Commander in Chief (C-in-C) to the Minister of Marine that (German) aircraft were still overflying his base, on February 13.
tactics prisoners of war second world war casualties military intelligence tanks effects of bombing hermann göring government code and cypher school air raids military situation reports anti-aircraft defence allied powers battle of anzio operation shingle
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /2467/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2467
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2467.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Battle Of Anzio Operation Shingle Allied Powers Casualties Tanks Prisoners Of War Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Anti-aircraft Defence Tactics
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
24
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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