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

19 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 on West Europe: the 1st SS Panzer Division reports enemy tank penetrations, on July 19; and on the 1st SS Panzer Corps' front line, as of July 19. 7162, 7166 and 7171 were incinerated on HMS Enterprise on the Prime Minister's (PM's) instructions, on July 21.
second world war military intelligence tanks government code and cypher school operation overlord military situation reports troop movements battle of normandy allied powers
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /3092/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3092
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3092.002
Keywords
Allied Powers Troop Movements Tanks Military Situation Reports Battle Of Normandy Operation Overlord
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
7
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence