Oslo report

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The Oslo Report was an anonymous report found and recovered by the British on a windowsill of their Oslo embassy on November 4, 1939. It was addressed from a 'German Well Wisher'. The report was seven pages long. It contained information about advanced German technology including precision bombing techniques, rocket projectiles, and included the first mention of Peenemunde. All together, eleven types of advanced weapon were written about. A sample proximity fuse for AA flak guns was included, which impressed the Admiralty Research Laboratory.

Originally believed to be a fake German disinformation effort with real elements, the Oslo Report was in fact a valid document containing valuable information.

It wasn't until 1989 that the sender of the Oslo report, German physicist Hans Mayer, was revealed in R.V. Jones' Reflection on Intelligence.

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[edit] References

  • Brian Johnson: Streng Geheim : Wissenschaft und Technik im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Weltbild-Verlag 1994, ISBN 3-89350-818-X
  • Don H. Johnson: Scanning Our Past - Origins of the Equivalent Circuit Concept: The Current-Source Equivalent, 2002 PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE, VOL. 91, NO. 5, MAY 2003
  • Jones, R. V., 1989, Reflections on Intelligence. London: Heinemann.
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