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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; on Western Europe: the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) for the North-west's assessment of the Allied intentions in the vicinity of Bremen, the Weser and Trave Estuaries and Hamburg, on April 22; and that German forces finally overcome the Georgian mutineers on Texel Island, on April 21; on Southern Europe: the C-in-C South-west's assessment of the Allied intentions in Italy, on April 22; that the Ground Officer Commanding (GOC) the 1st Parachute Corps, fighting in Italy, requests 2,000 replacements for the casualties suffered since the start of the major battle; that the C-in-C for the South-east orders the 97th Corps to withdraw all forces of the 237th Division in Pola in order to save Fiume, on April 22; and that Hitler orders extra measures in Istria to save Fiume and clear the Italian-Croatian border country, with German forces to thrust westwards from Bihac to the coast at Senj, south of Fiume, on April 22.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /3721/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3721
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3721.002
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions Allied Powers Western Front Military Situation Reports Mutiny Soviet Renegades Italian Campaign German Withdrawal Casualties German Airborne Troops
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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