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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: Mr Loxley's summary (see 6044 and 6046); on Southern Europe: that the Germans appreciated on March 18 that commando activity had revived in the Dodecanese and was likely to extend to all the Aegean islands, the Ionian Islands and Corfu; German troops were reported to have crossed into Hungary on March 19 to clear up the internal political situation there - no resistance was reported and the German troops were outside Budapest; that Army Group B, previously in northern Italy, had transferred to the Western Command; and the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) West reported on March 16 that he was losing the 21st Panzer Division; and on Finland: that a German Air Force (GAF) night-fighter squadron is to be based in the country.
france finland artillery guerrilla warfare italy manpower yugoslavia second world war defence military operations military intelligence civil unrest axis powers eastern front military organisation peter loxley effects of bombing hermann göring government code and cypher school german army air raids red army military situation reports troop movements allied strategy military commanders shipping losses allied powers breakthroughs occupied yugoslavia battle of monte cassino battle of anzio
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Finland France Italy Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /2645/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2645
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2645.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Battle Of Monte Cassino Allied Powers Military Operations German Army Defence Artillery Manpower Military Organisation Troop Movements Allied Strategy Battle Of Anzio Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Shipping Losses Guerrilla Warfare Occupied Yugoslavia Civil Unrest Axis Powers Military Commanders Eastern Front Red Army Breakthroughs
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
3
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring Peter Loxley
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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