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

18 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 reports on South Europe: that the 15th Panzer Division expects an attack near Perugia and is to withdraw; that the right wing of the 20th German Air Force (GAF) Field Division is encircled northeast of Grosseto, on June 17; and of the 5th Mountain Division blocking a unit in a position east of Foligno, on June 17; and from the Japanese ambassador in Vichy, that the Germans expect a landing in the south of France, on June 16; and forwarding a German version of the fighting in Normandy, from June 15.
france united states of america italy second world war defence military intelligence military dispositions edward bridges government code and cypher school german army predicting enemy intentions military situation reports diplomatic intelligence italian campaign encirclement
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
France Italy United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /2968/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2968
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2968.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Italian Campaign Predicting Enemy Intentions Encirclement German Army Defence Military Dispositions Diplomatic Intelligence
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
10
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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