| ID | 133385 |
| Title Proper | Other ultra |
| Other Title Information | signal intelligence and the battle to supply Rommel's attack toward sues |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | O'Hara, Vincent P ; Cernuschi, Enrico |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Since the revelation of the Ultra secret in 1974, it has been widely accepted that Ultra intelligence-that is, high-grade Axis codes decrypted by a centralized British interservice unit called the Government Code and Cypher School (GC and CS) at Bletchley Park-gave Great Britain a decisive advantage over its Axis foes and that this advantage was particularly significant in the battle against shipping to North Africa. As early as 1977, Harold C. Deutsch, a historian and head of research for the OSS (or Office of Strategic Services, the World War II forerunner of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency), concluded that the "systematic strangulation of [Rommel's] services of supply" due to knowledge of Axis schedules and convoy routes was a "decisive ingredient of British . . . victory in the Mediterranean." Deutsch's conclusions, reached thirty-six years ago, have been affirmed in official and popular histories and remain essentially unchallenged today. |
| `In' analytical Note | Naval War College Review Vol.66, No.3; Sum.2013: p.117-138 |
| Journal Source | Naval War College Review Vol.66, No.3; Sum.2013: p.117-138 |
| Key Words | Systematic Strangulation ; Warfare History ; Untied States - US ; North Africa ; Geopolitical Context ; World War - II ; Government Code and Cypher School - GC CS ; Intelligence Service ; Central Intelligence Agency - CIA ; Office of Strategic Services - OSS ; United Kingdom - UK ; Ultra Secret ; Ultra Intelligence ; High - Grade Axis ; Rommel's Attack |