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

28 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: of indications that the 90th Panzer Grenadier Division is moving to rearward areas on February 28; on the location of the sector of the 26th Panzer Division, as of February 28; that an unidentified operation by the 362nd Division has been postponed until February 29; of ground attack aircraft taking part in operation VARIETY, on February 27; on the position of the Hermann Goering Division, as of February 27; of the first indication as to the location of the 92nd Division, north of Rome, on February 17; and of cargo lighters being sent to remove 6000 tons of manganese ore from San Stefano, on February 27.
italy shipping transportation second world war military intelligence military dispositions hermann göring government code and cypher school operations planning war materials german army troop movements italian campaign
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /2557/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2557
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2557.002
Keywords
German Army Troop Movements Military Dispositions Operations Planning Italian Campaign Transportation Shipping War Materials
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
16
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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