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

22 Dec 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: a German Air Force (GAF) report on the operational situation of the German offensive, on December 21; a situation report for Army Group B, for December 21; that three additional GAF fighter groups are concerned in a special operation, involving low-level attacks on parked aircraft; that GAF formations on a special operation are to operate over their target until their fuel has been exhausted, on December 21; reports of Allied armoured moves, on December 21; of German and U.S. advances in the Liége area, on December 20; that a Parachute Army school is not yet ready for practice as equipment has not been delivered, as of December 20; that Himmler orders two Belgian brigades to be brought up to establish order behind the 6th Army's lines, on December 20; and of a German attack on the southern bank of the Loire from St Nazaire, on December 21; and on East Europe: of a large-scale Soviet attack in Latvia, on December 21.
security belgium luxembourg norway ports second world war equipment military operations western front military intelligence eastern front airfields military dispositions military shortages government code and cypher school operations planning occupied france collaborators german air force german strategy german airborne troops military objectives counter-attacks strafing encirclement united states army soviet strategy predicting enemy reactions heinrich himmler occupied belgium battle of the bulge
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Belgium Luxembourg Norway
Document Reference
HW1 /3390/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3390
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3390.002
Keywords
Operations Planning German Air Force Western Front Predicting Enemy Reactions Battle Of The Bulge German Strategy Military Objectives Strafing Airfields United States Army Military Dispositions Military Shortages Equipment German Airborne Troops Security Occupied Belgium Collaborators Ports Encirclement Counter-attacks Occupied France Eastern Front Soviet Strategy Military Operations
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
35
Persons Discussed
Heinrich Himmler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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