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

6 Feb 1945

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: a BONIFACE report; that according to Hitler, experience shows that the Volksturm and emergency units have only slight fighting value when fighting on their own, so they should be employed mixed with field army units, from February 4; and of Hitler's orders for the setting up of grenadier regiments from schools for officer cadets and Army non-commissioned officers (NCOs), on February 3.
training germany second world war military intelligence home guard adolf hitler military organisation government code and cypher school german army military strength
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Germany
Document Reference
HW1 /3510/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3510
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3510.002
Keywords
Military Strength Home Guard Military Organisation German Army Training
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
10
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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