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

29 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: that the 10th SS Panzer Division expects an Allied attack, on July 29; that the 84th Army Corps withdraw on the night of July 28-29; two reports of battle contact by the 74th Army Corps which is new on the Normandy front, for July 28-29; and that the German Air Force (GAF) 9th Flying Corps plan the mining of Cherbourg harbour, on July 28; and on Roumania: of air raid damage to Ploesti on July 15.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Colombia Italy Romania
Document Reference
HW1 /3125/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3125
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3125.002
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions Troop Movements Tanks Battle Of Normandy Operation Overlord German Withdrawal Encirclement Military Situation Reports Mines Ports Liberated Europe Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Oil German War Effort
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
29
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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