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I have books. In bookshelves. Some books I've read, some books I haven't. So... reading those I haven't and seeing if they're keepers.
"Hitler's Spies - German Military Intelligence in World War II" by David Kahn was plucked from the shelves because it was the biggest book and I needed the room. Kahn's research looks into the very convoluted and messy group of agencies that were used by the German military starting at the end of World War I. It covered a vast array of intelligence gathering from spies, aerial snooping. radio intercepts - really the whole field of intelligence. Time and again, the author points out that intelligence gathering was the sickly stepchild of the German military, always underfunded and understaffed, was increasingly staffed with Nazi party members instead of talented professionals, and were split up into competing agencies that rarely shared data. Reality was frequently disregarded if it conflicted with Nazi ideals or would upset the grand puppet master: Adolf Hitler.
Sure, they had ENIGMA - but the Allies broke ENIGMA. Rarely did the the Nazi break any of Allies codes.
Underfunded, inept, ignored, the many Nazi intelligence agencies fought more amongst each other than they did against the Allies.
Well, one book down... lots more to go.
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"Hitler's Spies - German Military Intelligence in World War II" by David Kahn was plucked from the shelves because it was the biggest book and I needed the room. Kahn's research looks into the very convoluted and messy group of agencies that were used by the German military starting at the end of World War I. It covered a vast array of intelligence gathering from spies, aerial snooping. radio intercepts - really the whole field of intelligence. Time and again, the author points out that intelligence gathering was the sickly stepchild of the German military, always underfunded and understaffed, was increasingly staffed with Nazi party members instead of talented professionals, and were split up into competing agencies that rarely shared data. Reality was frequently disregarded if it conflicted with Nazi ideals or would upset the grand puppet master: Adolf Hitler.
Sure, they had ENIGMA - but the Allies broke ENIGMA. Rarely did the the Nazi break any of Allies codes.
Underfunded, inept, ignored, the many Nazi intelligence agencies fought more amongst each other than they did against the Allies.
Well, one book down... lots more to go.
-m
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Let's not do that again.
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