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

22 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 requests for air reconnaissance during the night of March 21; from the national socialist political commissar with the 3rd Jaeger Division, on tasks to be allotted for the special employment of national political commissar shock troops, on March 10; that the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) West lays down principles to be followed in the use of Tiger assault guns, on March 20; of Hitler's orders concerning the evacuation of personnel in the main battle area west of the Rhine, on March 20; and a short appreciation of the Allies, on March 16.
evacuation tactics second world war political dissent british army western front military intelligence tanks adolf hitler military organisation aerial reconnaissance nazi party government code and cypher school intelligence requirements german army predicting enemy intentions german air force german withdrawal crossing of the rhine
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /3628/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3628
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3628.002
Keywords
Intelligence Requirements German Air Force Aerial Reconnaissance Western Front Military Organisation Political Dissent Nazi Party Tactics Tanks German Army German Withdrawal Evacuation Predicting Enemy Intentions British Army Crossing Of The Rhine
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
23
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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