{"product_id":"counter-intelligence-handbook-germany-1944-copy","title":"Counter Intelligence Handbook Germany (1944)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC. I. HANDBOOK\u003cbr\u003eGERMANY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSupreme Headquarters\u003cbr\u003eAllied Expeditionary Force\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOFFICE OF ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF G-2,\u003cbr\u003eCOUNTER INTELLIGENCE SUB-DIVISION,\u003cbr\u003eS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003eUPREME H.Q. ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,  October 1944\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 160%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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 those entering Germany during the final months of the war, in preparation for the impending defeat of Nazi Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC.I. Handbook Germany\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe handbook includes 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. There is also an additional typewritten Allied Forces HQ, G-2 Counter Intelligence Section corrections and amendments sheet, marked ‘Restricted'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is stamped on the front cover by 'A.I.12, Air Ministry, 7 Jan 1946'. A.I.12 (Air Intelligence 12) was a specialist branch of  Air Ministry Intelligence, liaising with the USAF and providing detailed reports on the Luftwaffe. From 1945 to 1947 A.I.12 sent intelligence teams into Germany to gather information on the structure, operations and equipment of the Luftwaffe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eS.H.A.E.F. G-2 (Counter Intelligence)\u003c\/strong\u003e: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA.I.12 (Air ministry Intelligence)\u003c\/strong\u003e: was a branch of Air Ministry Intelligence during WW2, set up as a unit dedicated to providing intelligence for USAF formations operating in the European Theatre. A.I.12 provided detailed intelligence on the Luftwaffe, generating hundreds of reports and technical documents, helping codebreakers, interrogators and combat units to evaluate captured German documents and equipment data. From 1945 to 1947 A.I.12 sent intelligence teams into Germany to gather information on the structure, operations and equipment of the Luftwaffe. Air Ministry intelligence had started out with a staff of just 40 officers in 1939 - by the end of the war Air Intelligence staff totalled more than 700.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn very good condition. The book has been professionally recased, with new endpapers and the original card cover laid down on the front board. The binding is very good and secure. The text and colour plates are in very good condition. The handbook is stamped on the front cover and contents page by 'A.I.12, Air Ministry, 7 Jan 1946'. Two appendices which should be at the rear of the book are missing - Appendix III, Map of Wehrkreis and Appendix IV, Table of Comparative Ranks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1944\u003cbr\u003eKhaki boards \/ original card cover\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with colour plates\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 125mm x 190mm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 162 (plus 13 colour plates)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***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***\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compass Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68023580688535,"sku":null,"price":271.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/6131\/files\/CIHandbook10-26-1.jpg?v=1791561719","url":"https:\/\/www.compasslibrary.com\/en-es\/products\/counter-intelligence-handbook-germany-1944-copy","provider":"Compass Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}