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

19 Nov 1941

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 North Africa: the German Air Force (GAF) report no operations due to the weather; a GAF operations report on November 19; of an Africa Corps counter-attack on November 19; on Italy: a German report of low Italian morale; and on North Africa: the GAF are in urgent need of supply by sea; and a report on GAF air operations.
italy shipping crete second world war bombing casualties military intelligence morale adverse weather conditions aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school german army italian army german air force troop movements desert war counter-attacks
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /229/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /229
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0229.002
Keywords
Desert War German Air Force Adverse Weather Conditions Aerial Reconnaissance Bombing German Army Counter-attacks Italian Army Morale Casualties Shipping Troop Movements
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
14
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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