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

24 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: of the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division facing strong enemy forces, on February 22; from the 76th Panzer Corps, divisional reports for February 22; of German naval instructions for NOZZLE, an operation against the Anzio bridgehead, on February 22-23; and of German proposals for E-boat operations in the Adriatic, on February 20; on South-east Europe: that a steamship on passage from Piraeus to Crete was sunk, on February 22-23; that the German Air Force (GAF) equipment issuing station at Larissa is essential to the 10th Air Corps, on February 22; of the employment of Italian military internees by the GAF, on February 22; and that the canvassing of Italian military internees for fighting volunteers is to cease, on February 22.
greece forced labour italy prisoners of war crete second world war military intelligence military supplies naval operations military dispositions government code and cypher school german army german navy italian army german air force german strategy military situation reports torpedo boats shipping losses landing places occupied greece battle of anzio operation shingle
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Greece Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /2491/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2491
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2491.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Battle Of Anzio Operation Shingle Military Dispositions German Army Naval Operations Landing Places German Navy German Strategy Torpedo Boats Shipping Losses Military Supplies German Air Force Occupied Greece Forced Labour Prisoners Of War Italian Army
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
28
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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