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Behind the Lines in WW II
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:25 am
by coast
Interesting article about the secret military intelligence operation towards the end of WW II.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ ... 180973317/
Re: Behind the Lines in WW II
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 4:09 pm
by pls5528
Facinating!!
Re: Behind the Lines in WW II
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 7:16 am
by Peter Ehlert
the Zeiss stereoplanigraph makes my head spin
stereoplanigraph made by renowned German optics firm Zeiss..jpg
Re: Behind the Lines in WW II
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:09 am
by Proud7191
Very interesting story. Living in times now where precise maps and positions are a click away it’s great to read recent history outlining the importance surveyors played. Thanks for sharing! Jp
“In the basement of one building, they found 18 bundles of survey data, hidden behind a pile of rubbish. Marked “Secret” or “Confidential” in German, the sheets covered thousands of survey points in southwestern Germany. The data had immediate operational value for the U.S. Seventh Army, which was beginning to push its way across the Rhine into that area. Hough decided to shortcut the chain of command to get the information directly to the artillery units that could use it.”