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

21 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: that the 1st Parachute Corps calls urgently for German Air Force (GAF) support, on February 20; on the 65th Infantry Division's front line, on February 20; that the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division battle group is moving up to attack, on the morning of February 20; of attacks by the 114th Jaeger Division, on February 20; a 26th Panzer Division report, for February 20; of attacks by the 76th Panzer Corps, on February 20; that the 26th Panzer Division appreciates the defensive power of the enemy is not weakened and counter-attacks are to be expected, on February 20; that the Hermann Goering Division is to support the 715th Infantry Division in the Aprilia area, on February 20; that the Hermann Goering Division is to move after its relief by the 362nd Infantry Division, on February 20; of the Hermann Goering Division exchanging positions with the 362nd Infantry Division, on February 20; of the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division in the Aprilia sector being forced back by a tank attack, on February 20; and that the Ground Officer Commanding (GOC) the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division urgently requests the reinforcement of the meagre GAF support, on February 20.
second world war military intelligence coastal defence military dispositions hermann göring government code and cypher school inter-services cooperation german army predicting enemy intentions german air force assessing enemy strength military situation reports troop movements german withdrawal counter-attacks battle of anzio operation shingle
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /2481/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2481
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2481.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Battle Of Anzio Operation Shingle Assessing Enemy Strength Predicting Enemy Intentions Counter-attacks Troop Movements German Army Military Dispositions Coastal Defence German Withdrawal Inter-services Cooperation German Air Force
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
25
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence