Asked this week to research an officer who the family say served with 'V' Force in Burma and Borneo, but died in October 1945. A separate thread...
A new offering from Bletchley Park, five short videos on this development and their text states: On 18 January 1944, Bletchley Park took receipt...
[ATTACH] Link: Official History: Past, Present and Future It appears each seminar has to be booked individually and bookings are already open.
Due to my current research into one battle, yes @ Deir el Shein, in the Desert Campaign I have looked at the intelligence aspects for both sides...
An event, a lecture @ BP, £15 (excludes BP itself), on 25/11/23 3pm:Bletchley Park’s resident Research historian, Dr David Kenyon, will be...
I have read a little on this issue, but not on GCHQ's work so the linked article is a bonus - even if the title is rather grand: Israel at 75: how...
An in-person or online event @ National Army Museum, on 12 May 2023, 12.00pm and the speaker is:Dr Thomas Cheetham is Research Officer at...
A rare article on this little known role, better known as the Field Security Section and only seven threads here refer to them. It opens with...
A free to use 1h40m podcast from Bletchley Park last month:The breaking of the German Lorenz cipher system was one of BP's most complex technical...
From a BP email:Though often forgotten about today, the Operation Torch landings were a pivotal event which led to the first battles between...
A podcast from Bletchley Park (1h 20m) and the summary explains:Eighty years ago, in July 1942 the Allies suffered one of their most notorious...
Tony Comer, ex-GCHQ historian, has provided a short article and here is a "taster":... it was reasonable to assume that people in other countries...
A short article by Tony Comer, ex-GCHQ Historian, on an obscure temporary relationship that starts with:The UK now has a Defence Agreement with...
The BP press officers are at work: Intelligence Factory exhibition sheds light on secret Bletchley Park operation The exhibition opens 28th April...
The Spectator nearly a month ago had a review of this tome (at 960 pgs.), which I overlooked till now. The author is Halik Kochanski (who has...
Thanks to a pointer last week about a USMC POW interrogator, Otis Cary, whose approach was develop trust with them to get results, I had a look...
Another gem from Tony Comer, ex-GCHQ historian: Sigint Historian: Locking a Stable Door A British staff officer, Major Gribble wrote and in...
This week I was lucky to attend a conference on the theme of elicitation of information. Hanns Scharff has been highly praised for the success of...
I know there are threads on The Battle of the Bulge, this new thread was created after a search if the subject was covered - apparently not. The...
A Bletchley Park event 13.00 GMT on Wednesday 17 November; this is the first episode of four and although the episodes will be on YouTube the...
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