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

15 Mar 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 on Western Europe: of the orders for battle group Kowalewski, on March 14; that Army Group B is to check a German Air Force (GAF) report that there has been a disorderly withdrawal of detachments of retreating personnel, on March 13; that on Goering's orders, there will be an appeal to all pilots who have completed training in fighter units to be ready for a secret operation from which there is only the slightest probability of returning, on March 13; on South-east Europe: an appreciation by the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) for the South-east, on March 9; of the numbers of evacuees from areas threatened by the Allies and re-settlement being caused by the air terror, on March 6; and that a German officer was court-martialled and found to be in grave dereliction of duty in operations concerning Remagen, and sentenced to death, on March 13.
refugees hungary germany evacuation military discipline recruitment second world war personnel military intelligence suicide attacks civilians bosnia aerial reconnaissance stewart menzies hermann göring government code and cypher school denis capel-dunn air raid precautions german air force german strategy assessing enemy strength military situation reports troop movements german withdrawal occupied yugoslavia crossing of the rhine
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bosnia Germany Hungary
Document Reference
HW1 /3603/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3603
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3603.002
Keywords
Aerial Reconnaissance Assessing Enemy Strength Troop Movements Crossing Of The Rhine German Withdrawal Military Discipline German Air Force Recruitment Personnel Suicide Attacks German Strategy Occupied Yugoslavia Military Situation Reports Air Raid Precautions Evacuation Civilians Refugees
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
22
Persons Discussed
Denis Capel-Dunn Hermann Göring Stewart Menzies
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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