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‘WAR OF THE RADAR SETS’

Air Warfare Germany Intell Weapons 35 Min Read

There is no doubt that the crisis that was increasingly facing the German fighter force was made critically sharper by the `war of the radar sets’, and by the dropping of WINDOW strips in particular. As General Josef Kammhuber, German night ïŹghter CO, said after the war, the time chosen for introducing WINDOW was exactly right-had it been earlier, the…

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INDISCHE LEGION – Operation Bajadere

An Abwehr unit  composed of Indian volunteers and recruits, the Indische Legion (Indian Legion) was conceived in April 1941 following the arrival in Berlin of Subhas Chandra Bose, the leader of the radical wing of the All-Indian Congress. Bose had escaped from British house arrest in Calcutta with the assistance…

Air Warfare Aircraft Intell 18 Min Read

SKY SPIES

U-2 with its characteristic high aspect ratio wings, designed like some kind of a glider, was optimized for long-range high altitude flights. SR-71 Blackbird (two-seated training version in the photo) – one of the most amazing aircraft ever built and real engineering wonder that came out Skunk Works facilities under…

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Post WWII Spies I

The end of the Second World War marked a sea change for the world’s intelligence agencies. In some countries, such as the United States, it would lead to a major reorganization of the way in which they worked; in others, including the Soviet Union, it would mean that some operations,…

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Post WWII Spies II

Guy Burgess The prime mover initially was Guy Burgess, a flamboyant Old Etonian whose Communist leanings were inflamed further by the book Hitler over Europe? by Ernst Henri, which proselytized the use of cells containing five members (FĂŒnfergruppen, as they were named in Germany) to help foment anti-fascism. Henri was…

History Intell 10 Min Read

Espionage During the Napoleonic Wars

Charles Schulmeister The Napoleonic wars pitted France, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, against a number of countries in Europe from 1797 through 1815. At different times during this period, Great Britain, Austria, Russia, Prussia, Denmark, Sweden, and the Neapolitan Kingdom all waged war against France in various coalitions. The main rivals…

Air Warfare Intell 8 Min Read

The Origins of Aerial Reconnaissance I

A B.E.2c reconnaissance aircraft of the RFC with an aerial reconnaissance camera fixed to the side of the fuselage, 1916. Passchendaele, Belgium, 1916. The airplane provided the speed, range, and freedom of maneuver needed to transform aviation from a toy into a tool of war. In 1911 the Italians first…

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Military Communication, the Korean and Vietnam Wars (1945-1975)

The SAGE building at McGuire Air Force Base, circa 1958. On the far left are…

The First Secret Missions over Great Britain

In the mid-1930s, the German high command was dominated by the view that the main…

KH-11/CRYSTAL program

The KH-11/CRYSTAL program had progressed to the point where it would soon become America’s sole…

The Wings of the Abwehr: The Dawn of Secret Missions

Theodor Rowehl The secret activities of the talented organizer of secret missions Theodor Rowehl left…