More information on the German war economy
I’ve already had a look at the German war economy and whether it was ‘mismanaged’ here. For those of you that want to read more check out these articles:1). From Economic History Review: ’Fixed-price...
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I added the following part in The British War Office Cypher:The official history ‘British intelligence in the Second World War’ vol2, p298 says: ‘If under-estimation of the quality of Rommel's...
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I added the title of SRH-368 in WWII Myths - U-boat tankers and ULTRA intelligence, which is ‘Evaluation of the Role of Decryption Intelligence in the Operational Phase of the Battle of the Atlantic,...
View ArticleWWII Myths – Hitler should have [insert dumb idea]
One of the problems of WWII historiography is the belief that things would have happened differently if it wasn’t for Hitler messing things up. How many mistakes he (supposedly) made… From halting the...
View ArticleBook review – British Intelligence in the Second World War
In the 1970’s the first books came out that revealed how in WWII the Allied codebreakers were able to solve the German Enigma cipher machine (and other systems). Those early books were written without...
View ArticleRegarding the Snowden case
As you’ve probably heard the NSA is spying on all of us. They intercept everything and they plan to keep it forever in their databases. The reason I haven’t commented more on this is that I thought...
View Articlewikipedia plagiarism
My friends at Wikipedia have decided to include parts of my work on their T-34 page. However instead of mentioning my site they copied the AFV strength statistics from my piece Tank strength and losses...
View ArticleAwesome Eastern Front picture galleries
Site allworldwars has some fascinating picture galleries of the fighting in the East in WWII:AGAINST ALL ODDS, Pictures of the Campaign in the East, 1942PANZER ARTILLERY REGIMENT 78 IN RUSSIA, 1941/42:...
View ArticleSave the rich
After all the negativity in the news with NSA spying and economic crises it’s time for something funny to uplift our spirits.Here is ‘Save the Rich by Garfunkel and Oates’
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WWII Myths – The Me262 jet fighter and the dumb Fuehrer
One WWII myth that still endures to this day is that the production of the revolutionary Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter was fatally delayed by Hitler’s insistence that it be modified to carry bombs....
View ArticleMore information on the French high level FLD code
In the period 1939-40 the Germans were able to decode the messages sent from the French War Ministry to the regional military Commands. This network was called FLD from the discriminant used on the...
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Book review – Normandy 1944
The Allied invasion of France in June 1944 ranks as one of the most important military operations of all time. Codenamed ‘Overlord’ its goal was to successfully land troops in France, defeat the German...
View ArticleThe resistance leader ‘King Kong’ and operation Market Garden
In September 1944 the Western Allies launched a major operation called ‘Market Garden’. The goal of this operation was to use paratroopers to seize a series of bridges in Holland which would then be...
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Time for some new TICOM reports:I-129 'Interrogation of SS Rottenfuehrer GRASSHOF' - 1945I-148 'German D/F and Intercepting System Against illicit Transmitters' - 1945I-178 'Homework by Hptm...
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Soviet codebreakers of WWII
WWII histories of signals intelligence and codebreaking are currently focused on the theatres where German and Japanese troops fought against the Anglo-Americans. The influence of ULTRA intelligence on...
View ArticleNew NSA cryptologic histories released
Site governmentattic has uploaded two very interesting NSA cryptologic histories:1). United States Cryptologic History, Sources in Cryptologic History, Volume 4, A Collection of Writings on Traffic...
View ArticleNSA, Snowden and Hollywood
They say truth is stranger than fiction. This is a trailer for the ‘Person of Interest’ tv series, that premiered in 2011. Ring a bell?
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In Decoding Prime Minister Chamberlain’s messages I had said that ‘The source for this information is listed as IF-132‘Das Forschungsamt des Luftfahrtminsteriums - Hq USFET Weekly Intelligence summary...
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