The Abwehr (German for resistance or defence, though the word usually means counterintelligence in a military context; pronounced [ˈapveːɐ̯]) was the German...
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Wilhelm Canaris (category Abwehr personnel killed in World War II)
January 1887 – 9 April 1945) was a German admiral and the chief of the Abwehr (the German military-intelligence service) from 1935 to 1944. Canaris was...
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purposes was realised. Of the agents from the German intelligence services, Abwehr and Sicherheitsdienst (SD), some were apprehended, while many of the agents...
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Hans Oster (category Abwehr personnel killed in World War II)
from 1938 to 1943. As deputy head of the counter-espionage bureau in the Abwehr (German military intelligence), Oster was in a good position to conduct...
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Oskar Schindler (category Abwehr personnel of World War II)
up in Zwittau, Moravia, and worked in several trades until he joined the Abwehr, the military intelligence service of Nazi Germany, in 1936. He joined the...
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on 13 February 1943, Green became an irrelevance. Despite the fact that Abwehr intelligence-gathering in Ireland had not begun until mid-1939, Green was...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer (section Abwehr agent)
tried along with other accused plotters, including former members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office). He was hanged on 9 April 1945...
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from the United Kingdom and unify Ireland, shared intelligence with the Abwehr, the military intelligence service of Nazi Germany, during the Second World...
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Hugo Bleicher (category Abwehr personnel of World War II)
Bleicher (August 9, 1899–August, 1982) was a sergeant in Nazi Germany's Abwehr (military intelligence agency) assigned to the Geheime Feldpolizei (secret...
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Duško Popov (category Abwehr personnel of World War II)
August 1981) was a Serbian, a double agent who served as part of the MI6 and Abwehr during World War II. He passed off disinformation to Germany as part of...
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Helmuth Groscurth (category Abwehr personnel of World War II)
Helmuth Groscurth (16 December 1898 – 7 April 1943) was a German staff and Abwehr officer in the Wehrmacht and a member of the German resistance. As an intelligence...
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Brandenburgers (category Abwehr)
extension of the military's intelligence and counter-espionage organ, the Abwehr. Members of this unit took part in seizing operationally important targets...
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serving in the British Army volunteered for recruitment and selection by Abwehr II and the German Army. The camp was designated Stalag XX-A (301) and located...
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nominally neutral Spanish government shared copies of the documents with the Abwehr, the German military intelligence organisation, before returning the originals...
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Sudetenland. It was led by Generalmajor Hans Oster, deputy head of the Abwehr, and other high-ranking conservatives within the Wehrmacht who opposed the...
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John Codd (category Abwehr personnel of World War II)
World War II, who went on to serve in the German Intelligence service (Abwehr) and the Sicherheitsdienst, the foreign intelligence arm of the SS. Codd...
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Thadden. The group's downfall also ultimately led to the demise of the Abwehr in February 1944. Hanna Solf was the widow of Dr. Wilhelm Solf, who served...
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Eddie Chapman "ZigZag" English Double-Cross System Infiltrated the German Abwehr during World War II whilst feeding intelligence to MI5. He was so trusted...
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of the Abwehr "Tiger B") was created for the special purposes of Abwehr and controlled by the Stab Walli (in June 1941, it consisted of 21 Abwehr commandos...
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Plan Kathleen (category Abwehr)
Ireland, and he wanted to re-establish the IRA link with German Intelligence (Abwehr) to secure arms and money. The courier for transporting the plan to Germany...
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Nikolaus Ritter (category Abwehr personnel of World War II)
1899 – 9 April 1974) is best known as the Chief of Air Intelligence in the Abwehr (German military intelligence) who led spyrings in the United Kingdom and...
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Erich Vermehren (category Abwehr personnel of World War II)
December 1919 – 28 April 2005) was an ardent anti-Nazi, an agent of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence organization, and later a leading Catholic...
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the OUN Provod headed by Andriy Melnyk and the Abwehr, the Ukrainian Legion was formed in 1939. The Abwehr, led by Wilhelm Canaris, sought to instigate...
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which the US was codenamed "Samland" by the German intelligence agency Abwehr. The term was central in the song "The Yankee Doodle Boy", which was featured...
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German Abwehr used the Schlüsselgerät 41. The Abwehr code had been broken on 8 December 1941 by Dilly Knox. Agents sent messages to the Abwehr in a simple...
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during the Second World War. He was working for MI5 while appearing to the Abwehr (the German intelligence agency) to be one of their agents. Owens was known...
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German minority working in conjunction with the German intelligence agency (Abwehr) attacked the Polish garrison. Polish soldiers and civilians reacted with...
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the operation as an agent for the Abwehr. The Gleiwitz incident was a part of a larger operation carried out by Abwehr and SS forces. Other orchestrated...
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Duquesne was a captain in the Second Boer War and later a colonel in the Abwehr, Germany's division of military intelligence. Duquesne was captured and...
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