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

24 Apr 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: Mr Bromley's summary (see also 9050 and 9057); and on Western Europe: that the 19th Army in the Black Forest area was ordered on April 19 not to destroy gas ammunition when carrying out demolitions, and that a special type of gas is to be evacuated to barges on the Elbe and Danube, with the remainder to wait until other important ammunition has been sent off.
psychology germany russia czechoslovakia military discipline norway sweden fuel second world war military intelligence adolf hitler poison gas military shortages government code and cypher school demolitions german army predicting enemy intentions swedish neutrality military situation reports troop movements italian campaign allied strategy german withdrawal german morale
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Czechoslovakia Germany Norway Russia Sweden
Document Reference
HW1 /3720/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3720
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3720.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Withdrawal Italian Campaign Troop Movements Allied Strategy Predicting Enemy Intentions Military Shortages Fuel German Army Military Discipline German Morale Psychology Poison Gas Demolitions Swedish Neutrality
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
2
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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