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

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

8 Dec 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 report on North Africa: that the present Axis forces at Gabes are not considered strong enough to offer lasting resistance against superior Allied forces, on December 6.
egypt libya italy fuel second world war military intelligence axis powers military shortages government code and cypher school military strength predicting enemy intentions erwin rommel german air force german-italian relations desert war german morale military commanders british strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Egypt Italy Libya
Document Reference
HW1 /1198/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1198
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1198.002
Keywords
Military Strength Axis Powers Desert War German Morale German-italian Relations Military Commanders Military Shortages German Air Force Fuel Predicting Enemy Intentions British Strategy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
33
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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