C. I. HANDBOOK
GERMANY
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF G-2,
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE SUB-DIVISION,
SUPREME H.Q. ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, October 1944
A very rare Supreme Allied Expeditionary Forces HQ Counter-Intelligence Handbook, marked ‘Restricted’, and produced by S.H.A.E.F. in 1944. It was a restricted document, intended to be used by Allied intelligence officers serving in North Western Europe, in particular by those entering Germany during the final months of the war, in preparation for the impending defeat of Nazi Germany.
This copy comes with the extremely rare additional Germany Chart Supplement folder, including 8 large format coloured charts and diagrams, showing the structure of key Nazi organisations, such as the SS, SA and Wehrkreis. There is also a loosely inserted typewritten Allied Forces HQ, G-2 Counter Intelligence Section corrections and amendments sheet, marked ‘Restricted'. The handbook is signed on the front cover by ’Sgt Makins’.
C.I. Handbook Germany provides an overview of the Nazi State, Nazi Party organisation, and the organisation of paramilitary formations like the SA, SS, Hitler Youth, NSKK, NSFK and Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD). One chapter covers various police formations such as the Ordnungspolizei (including the Schutzpolizei, Gendarmerie, Feuerschutz Polizei, Wasserschutzpolizei, Hilfspolizei, Technische Nothilfe, Verwaltungspolizei), the Sicherheitspolizei, Reichskriminalpolizei and Gestapo. Another section covers the Abwehr, and the Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführer-SS.
There is also an extensive glossary of German terms and abbreviations, with complete German names and English translations. The glossary is followed by 13 excellent full-page colour plates of Nazi uniforms, headgear, daggers, gorgets, lanyards, collar tabs, shoulder boards and other insignia of paramilitary and police organisations, including the SS, SA, and Hitler Youth.
At the rear of the book there are fold-out charts providing a detailed organisational plan of the various police units under the control of the Interior Ministry of Heinrich Himmler, a fold-out map showing the various Prussian and other provinces throughout Germany, and another large fold-out map of the Wehrkreis or defence districts and Gaue in Nazi Germany.
The additional German Chart Supplement folder, includes a series of detailed charts and diagrams, illustrating the administration and structure of the Nazi State and its paramilitary forces.
S.H.A.E.F. G-2 (Counter Intelligence): During WW2 this department was was responsible for military intelligence analysis, counter-intelligence operations, and co-ordinating liaison with resistance movements behind enemy lines. It received information from the allied armies and army groups, from resistance groups, from reports of the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) and from the Joint Intelligence Committee (London). G-2 drew on the work and expertise of a variety of British and US intelligence departments and organisations, including the O.S.S., S.I.S., M.I.5, and M.I.14. M.I.14 was the British wartime department that specialised in intelligence about Germany. Also known as 'Section 14', M.I.14 was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence. Originally part of M.I.3, during WW2 the German sub-department's expertise and analysis became so important to the war effort that it was spun off into its own Military Intelligence section. By 1945 G-2 was based in London, with an M.I.5. officer as its Director, and an O.S.S. officer as Deputy Director.
Condition:
In very good condition. The card cover is in very good condition, with general signs of wear and use, and some minor marks. The binding is good and secure. The text, colour plates, and maps are in very good condition. The Chart Supplement is in very good condition, with minor signs of wear and a circular mark to the front cover. The 8 charts are in very good condition. Signed on the front cover by ’Sgt Makins’.
Published: 1944
Khaki card covers
Illustrated with colour plates, maps, and fold-outs
Dimensions: 120mm x 185mm
Pages: 162 (plus 13 colour plates, and fold outs & maps)
Charts Supplement: Khaki card folder, with 8 large folding charts
***Please Note: NSDAP and other controversial political symbols have been edited in the images displayed in this listing. In the book itself, these symbols are present, unedited, and exactly as originally printed***
