Premium

20.500.12592/cpjzk6

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

20 Mar 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: that the 114th Division resubordinates from the 76th Corps to the 1st Parachute Corps, on March 19; on the land, rail and sea transport situation for Italy, on March 10; that elements of the Hermann Goering Division arrive in Italy from the west and elements of the 16th SS Panzer Grenadier Division leave Ljubljana for an unspecified destination, possibly Leghorn; and of a large-scale Allied commando raid on Solta Island off Split, on March 19, with the fate of the German garrison being unknown; and on the Russian Front: that Russian forces continue to force back the retreating German forces, on March 1, and that the Russians have crossed the Bug and Dnestr rivers.
gibraltar russia italy second world war military intelligence eastern front military dispositions hermann göring government code and cypher school german army commando raids red army military situation reports troop movements captured settlements breakthroughs occupied yugoslavia occupied italy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Gibraltar Italy Russia
Document Reference
HW1 /2643/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2643
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2643.002
Keywords
Military Dispositions German Army Troop Movements Occupied Italy Commando Raids Occupied Yugoslavia Military Situation Reports Eastern Front Red Army Breakthroughs Captured Settlements
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
13
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

Related Topics

All