American-born Helias Doundoulakis witnessed the German invasion of Crete, in May of 1941, during the early days of WW II. At the age of eighteen, he joined a resistance group headed by his brother, and supplied crucial information to the SOE, the arm of the English Intelligence Service. This resistance group is uncovered, resulting in their hasty evacuation by the SOE, to Cairo, Egypt. Once there, the author and his brother were asked to join the English Intelligence Service, but rather, pursued the American OSS, or Office of Strategic Services, the newly formed American intelligence counterpart. They were enlisted into the US Army, and attached to the OSS, where the author was trained in the SI, or Secret Intelligence branch. After being tr...

Between 1939 and 1945, the most advanced and creative forms of mathematical and technological knowledge were combined to master German communications.

Decoding Nazi Secrets ...

Codebreaking and Secret Weapons in World War II These articles are part of a ten-part series on codebreaking (Enigma, Purple , Magic , and the large part cryptography played in World War II) and the secret weapons of Allies and Axis (V1, V2, A-bomb, radar, etc.). The series of articles originally appeared in Nautical Brass magazine, now no longer in print, but on the Web as Nautical Brass ...