By the 1920s it was organized into three sections:
#Counter espionage ww2 plus
At that time it was composed of only three officers and seven former officers plus a clerical staff.
Walther Nicolai, the head of German intelligence during World War I. The first head was Major Friedrich Gempp, a former deputy to Col. The Abwehr was created in 1921 as part of the Ministry of Defence when Germany was allowed to form the Reichswehr, the military organization of the Weimar Republic. The Abwehr’s Headquarters (HQ) were located at 76/78 Tirpitzufer, Berlin, adjacent to the offices of the OKW. Intelligence summaries and intelligence dissemination were the prerogative of the Operations Branch, (as distinct from the Intelligence Branch), of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), and through it to the intelligence-evaluation sections of the Army, Navy, and Airforce ( Heer, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe respectively in German). The Chief of the Abwehr reported directly to the German High Command. After February 4, 1938, its name in title was Foreign Affairs/Defense Office of the Armed Forces High Command ( Amt Ausland/Abwehr im Oberkommando der Wehrmacht in German).ĭespite its name implying counterespionage, the Abwehr was an intelligence-gathering agency and dealt exclusively with human intelligence, especially raw intelligence reports from field agents and other sources. The term Abwehr (German for defense) was used as a concession to Allied demands that Germany’s post-World War I intelligence activities be for “defensive” purposes only. The Abwehr was a German intelligence organization from 1921 to 1944. The Nazi Party: Table of Contents| Background & Overview| Party Platform
0 kommentar(er)
