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

7 Apr 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 West and South Europe: the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) West's appreciation of Allied invasion intentions and of German preparations for defence, on March 21; on South Europe: the naval harbour master at Benedetto reports a continuous air attack, on April 4; and of evidence for the diversion of Panther tanks from the 1st Panzer Regiment and the 26th Panzer Division, to the Russian Front, on March 19; on Germany: of Allied raids on Augsburg, Schweinfurt, Regensburg and Steyr, on March 2; on the Southern Russian Front: of Army Group A's situation, on the morning of April 5, stating that the 6th Army has been split; and of the encircled 1st Panzer Army attacking to break out westwards, on April 6; Naval Headlines; from the Portuguese minister in Budapest, on the bombing of Budapest, on April 3; from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the ambassador in Moscow, noting the desire for progress in Japanese-Soviet relations, on April 2; and from the Turkish ambassador in Bucharest, that the evacuation of northern Roumania has become a rout, on April 3.
singapore china ukraine south africa france belgium japan hungary germany russia aircraft carriers evacuation industry italy netherlands railways romania great britain corsica england sardinia second world war military operations military intelligence tanks security service eastern front coastal defence military dispositions holland edward bridges effects of bombing hermann göring government code and cypher school german war effort german u-boats naval intelligence german army invasion threat predicting enemy intentions invasion preparations assessing enemy strength red army japanese navy military situation reports pacific war second front shipping losses encirclement
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Belgium China Corsica England France Germany Great Britain Holland Hungary Italy Japan Netherlands Romania Russia Sardinia Singapore South Africa Ukraine
Document Reference
HW1 /2694/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2694
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2694.002
Keywords
Invasion Preparations Assessing Enemy Strength Second Front Invasion Threat Coastal Defence Predicting Enemy Intentions Evacuation Effects Of Bombing Railways German War Effort Industry Military Dispositions Tanks Eastern Front German Army Red Army Military Operations Military Situation Reports Encirclement Naval Intelligence German U-boats Shipping Losses Japanese Navy Aircraft Carriers Pacific War
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
35
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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