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

27 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: that the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) West orders measures to protect the defence of Main, on March 26; of indications that the 47th Corps is moving to the Dorsten area, on March 24; and of a further Hitler order to evacuate the west in order that the armed forces and the Volkssturm could carry out battle tasks, on March 24.
evacuation prisoners of war second world war defence western front military intelligence adolf hitler civilians military dispositions nazi leadership government code and cypher school german army german strategy troop movements
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /3639/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3639
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3639.002
Keywords
German Strategy Defence Western Front Military Dispositions Troop Movements German Army Nazi Leadership Evacuation Civilians Prisoners Of War
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
13
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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