Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The Jellyfish radio-teletype link

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During WWII the Germans used radio-teletype machines with automatic enciphering capability for sending high level messages. In 1944 there we...
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Monday, October 8, 2012

German disinformation operations - Barbarossa 1941

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The German attack on the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 ranks as one of the most important events of WWII. The Germans were able to take the...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Update

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Time for some new reports: SRH-366 ‘ The history of Army strip cipher devices’ I-22 ‘Interrogation of German Cryptographers of Pers ...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

The Finnish cryptologic service in WWII

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Finland was part of the Russian Empire in the period 1809-1917. In December 1917 the Finnish declaration of independence led to a civil war ...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

German knowledge of operation ‘Overlord’ - Compromise of British diplomatic code?

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The Allied invasion of Western Europe in WWII was codenamed ‘Overlord’. The Germans learned of this through their spy in the British embas...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Book Review - Stopped at Stalingrad

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The Luftwaffe was one of the most interesting aspects of the German war machine. Built from the ground up in the 1930’s it dominated the s...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Army Command and Administrative Network, IBM Radiotype and APO numbers

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In war efficient and secure means of communication are vital for any undertaking. Without the ability to communicate quickly with his underl...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Update

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Time for some new TICOM reports: D-4   ‘Summary of Relevant Items from the War Diary of OKL/Gen. Nafue. 3 Abt., June 1944 to April 19...