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

17 Jun 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 report on West Europe: that the German Air Force (GAF) are to begin operations against the Allied invasion fleet with large (FX) rather than smaller (HS) radio-controlled bombs, on June 14; and a comment by the Assistant Chief of Air Staff Intelligence (ACASI) on FX and HS bombs and GAF expertise, dated June 16.
technology tactics nuclear warfare second world war weapons development military intelligence weapons technology government code and cypher school operations planning operation overlord german air force high-explosive bombs aerial attacks on ships landing places
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /2961/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2961
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2961.002
Keywords
Weapons Development High-explosive Bombs German Air Force Technology Tactics Operations Planning Aerial Attacks On Ships Landing Places Operation Overlord
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
6
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare Military Intelligence

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