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

27 May 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: a report of May 17 on a German assessment of the numbers of Allied tanks, sub-divided into formations, facing the German forces in southern Italy; a query from the Prime Minister (PM) to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS); and the CIGS's reply.
italy new zealand second world war military intelligence tanks government code and cypher school assessing enemy strength italian campaign allied powers
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy New Zealand
Document Reference
HW1 /2846/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2846
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2846.002
Keywords
Assessing Enemy Strength Italian Campaign Allied Powers Tanks
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
6
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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