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Government Code and Cypher School: Hut 3: Intelligence Reports on German Plans for...
Catalogue reference: HW 48
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HW 48
This series contains intelligence reports derived from intercepted decrypted German messages concerning German plans for the sea-born invasion of Britain.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HW 48
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Hut 3: Intelligence Reports on German Plans for the Sea-born Invasion of Britain (Operation Smith/Sea Lion)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940-1941
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains intelligence reports derived from intercepted decrypted German messages concerning German plans for the sea-born invasion of Britain.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School, Hut 3, 1939-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 bundle(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Government Communications Headquarters
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Intelligence
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran 1940-1941
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.1.3, showing the state of British awareness of plans for Operation Sea Lion from intelligence derived from intercepted and deciphered enemy communications. All surviving records selected.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Hut 3 was the main Government Code and Cypher School reporting section tasked with translating and then compiling intelligence reports on all German Army and Air Force Enigma traffic decyphered by Hut 6. The section retained its 'Hut 3' name even after it moved out of the original Hut 3 at Bletchley Park.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15800/
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Government Code and Cypher School: Hut 3: Intelligence Reports on German Plans for the Sea-born Invasion of Britain (Operation Smith/Sea Lion)
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