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

27 Nov 1942

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: that Rommel orders an improvised motorised formation of transport, on November 26; that Rommel orders a defence to the west of Tripoli on November 26; and that Rommel asks the Italians for an air recce in Tunisia, on November 26.
second world war contingency planning military intelligence military dispositions government code and cypher school predicting enemy intentions erwin rommel desert war anti-tank guns
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1162/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1162
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1162.002
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions Contingency Planning Desert War Military Dispositions Anti-tank Guns
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
6
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence