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In the post-war years Germany had a critical role for the West both in extracting the maximum possible from people, equipment and documents relating to the Nazi war machine, and as a window on the Soviets.  This breathless, acronym-laden article expands on the way the latter was done right through

This article on British use of open source intelligence runs in principle from 1855, when the War Office set up its Topographical and Statistical Department, to the present. But it starts going back much, much further to demonstrate the longevity of open source intelligence. Alfred the Great spent a sixth

Despite the simplicity of the title, standing for “Target Force”, this article covers a broad spectrum of agencies and programmes established to exploit German technical and commercial know-how in the closing months of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath.  Much mythology surrounds this because accounts have been written

British Intelligence in the Middle East 1945-75 Background.  Before the Second World War intelligence infrastructure in the Middle East was minimal.  Just before the outbreak of war a Middle East Intelligence Centre (MEIC) was set up in Cairo to provide an analytical centre and clearing house.  In 1943 it was