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German Code Breaking In World War II
German code breaking in World War II achieved some notable successes cracking British naval ciphers until well into the fourth year of the war, using the extensive German radio intelligence operations during World War II. Cryptanalysis also suffered from a problem typical of the German armed forces of the time: numerous branches and institutions maintained their own cryptographic departments, working on their own without collaboration or sharing results or methods. This led to duplicated effort, to a fragmentation of potential, and to lower efficiency than might have been achieved. There was no central German cryptography agency comparable to Britain’s Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), based at Bletchley Park. History Departments In Germany, each cryptographic department was responsible for cryptanalytic operations. They included: *'' Deutsche Reichspost'' (DRP) - ''Reich'' Mail Service) *'' Forschungsstelle'' - "Research Bureau", telephone intercept unit, part of the DRP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Marchant
Sir Herbert Stanley Marchant KCMG OBE (18 May 1906 – 8 August 1990) was a schoolmaster, at Bletchley Park the codebreaking centre in World War II, and then a diplomat. He was ambassador to Cuba (1960–63) and Tunisia (1963–66); remembered for replying to British newspapers during the Cuban Missile Crisis that “Everything is perfectly quiet here” (in Cuba). Marchant was born in Cambridge and attended Perse School, before studying modern languages at St John’s College, Cambridge. He was an assistant master at Harrow School 1928–39, teaching French and German, and later Russian. He was at Bletchley Park in World War II, where he was the deputy head of Hut 3 from 1943 until the end of the war. The head Eric Jones had taken over sole responsibility from 1942, after personal rivalries between the original staff of Hut 3.Briggs (2011) p 9, 76, 91-92, 136 After the war he was in the Foreign Service 1946–66. Then he became Assistant Director of the Institute of Race Relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cipher Department Of The High Command Of The Luftwaffe
Cipher Department of the High Command of the Luftwaffe was the signals intelligence and Cryptanalysis, cryptanalytic agency of the German Luftwaffe, Air Ministry before and during World War II. In 1945, the unit was known as the Luftnachrichten Abteilung 350, abbreviated as ''OKL/Ln Abt 350'' and formerly called the (german: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe Luftnachrichtenabteilung 350). It was the successor in November 1944 of the unit formerly named as the ''Chi-Stelle Ob.d.L.'' (german: Chiffrierstelle, Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe, lit=code centre, High Commander of the Air Force), which was often abbreviated to ''Chi-Stelle/ObdL''. History As early as 1935, civilian employees of the Luftwaffe had been sent to fixed intercept stations of the Wehrmacht, German Army for training. A Luftwaffe officer, a technician and a civilian inspector who has been associated with the General der Nachrichtenaufklärung#1933.E2.80.931939, German Army Intelligence Service during World War I were trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
