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

4 Jul 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: an 84th Corps situation report, for July 3, detailing an enemy attack on a broad front, and criticising the Russians; the 84th Corps reports that Allied attacks have broken the defence line on the Cotentin Peninsula, on July 3; that an enemy attack is expected east of the River Orne; the 12th SS Panzer Division reports the British are bringing up strong armoured forces southwest of Caen and expects a new attack, on July 3; and of a request to dissolve a flare-dropping unit at St Martin, which has no more crews, on July 1; on South-east Europe: that German Air Force (GAF) Command for the Southeast forbids the use of cars, with horse, donkey and oxen drawn carts to be used, from June 29; and a Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) report on German morale, as of July 1, a part of which was retained by the Prime Minister (PM) (so it is not included).
france belgium germany russia censorship croatia horses netherlands transportation propaganda psychological warfare second world war personnel military operations british army military intelligence civilians holland military shortages government code and cypher school german propaganda predicting enemy intentions operation overlord german air force military situation reports soviet renegades german morale battle of normandy united states army
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Belgium Croatia France Germany Holland Netherlands Russia
Document Reference
HW1 /3031/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3031
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3031.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Battle Of Normandy Operation Overlord Military Operations United States Army Soviet Renegades Predicting Enemy Intentions British Army Military Shortages Personnel German Air Force Transportation Horses German Morale Civilians German Propaganda
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
24
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare

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