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

19 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 South Europe: the 72nd (error for 76th) Panzer Corps reports the 26th Panzer Grenadier Division's attack, on February 18; of 76th Panzer Corps attacks, on February 18; of the 76th Panzer Corps' front line, on February 18; from the 76th Panzer Corps, of attacks by the 29th Panzer Grenadier and the 114th Jaeger divisions, on February 18; and of the 715th Infantry Division mopping up after an attack by the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division, on February 18; on South-east Europe: a German Air Force (GAF) Command air situation report for February 18, noting possible Allied preparations to bomb Roumanian oil fields; on the Southern Russian Front: Army Group A report a surprise Soviet attack towards Krivoi Rog, on February 18; Naval Headlines, covering U-boat activity in the Atlantic; from the Japanese ambassador in Vichy, on the German commanders and forces in France, as of February 16; from the Chinese minister in Ankara, that the British have discontinued all supplies to Turkey, on February 16; and from the Portuguese minister in Washington with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Lisbon, of conversations with east Europeans on Allied appeasement to the Soviet Union, on February 12 and 16.
ukraine turkey technology france japan poland luxembourg united states of america finland belarus germany russia italy lithuania tactics ports radar romania spain great britain warships oil england crete second world war royal navy military intelligence convoys adolf hitler security service battle of the atlantic incompetence eastern front soviet foreign policy military organisation blockades foreign office edward bridges government code and cypher school german war effort german u-boats naval intelligence german army invasion threat predicting enemy intentions franklin delano roosevelt benito mussolini erwin rommel josef stalin air raids red army military situation reports diplomatic intelligence allied strategy second front military commanders torpedo boats military objectives surprise attacks counter-attacks encirclement soviet strategy battle of anzio operation shingle ad hoc units
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Belarus Crete England Finland France Germany Great Britain Italy Japan Lithuania Luxembourg Poland Romania Russia Spain Turkey Ukraine United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /2475/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2475
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2475.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Battle Of Anzio Operation Shingle German Army Counter-attacks Military Objectives Ad Hoc Units Military Organisation Predicting Enemy Intentions Air Raids Oil German War Effort Eastern Front Red Army Surprise Attacks Soviet Strategy Encirclement Naval Intelligence Tactics German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic Convoys Incompetence Military Commanders Technology Radar Royal Navy Warships Torpedo Boats Blockades Ports Diplomatic Intelligence Allied Strategy Second Front Invasion Threat Soviet Foreign Policy
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
29
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Erwin Rommel Franklin Delano Roosevelt Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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