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

21 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 Southern Europe: of planning on June 20 for the evacuation of Ancona on June 24, with all available empty shipping space to be sent there, and force to be used on Italian crews if necessary; battle reports for June 20 from the 1st Parachute Corps on the main Italian Front; and that the 90th Panzer Grenadier Division stops the first signs of disintegration in its subordinate German Air Force (GAF) 40th Jaeger Regiment; on Western Europe: on the order of battle for von Schlieben's battle group in the northern part of the Cherbourg Peninsula as at June 17, totalling some 2,000 men; and the Prime Minister (PM) queries these totals.
evacuation manpower shipping military discipline second world war military intelligence government code and cypher school german army operation overlord italian campaign battle of normandy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /2987/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2987
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2987.002
Keywords
Italian Campaign Evacuation Shipping Military Discipline German Army Manpower Battle Of Normandy Operation Overlord
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
10
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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