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2nd of foot
07-21-2005, 06:29 PM
could be somthing good on cold war spy on now 23:27
Commando Jordovski
07-29-2005, 10:38 AM
Well seeing as no one has replied so far to this room I will post one :)
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I didn't know the BBC was in WW2, did it play a important role at all or was it quiet news back then ?
The BBC was pretty much the only source of news in the war mate, the other being the newsreels shown at the cinema. The BBC was the only broadcaster in the UK at the time, from what I can gather.
Bluffcove
07-29-2005, 04:01 PM
The World service was possibly the only free and secure station to be able to broadcast to western Europe during the War. Any other stations in Europe were either controlled by, or censored (at times violently) by the German chaps and Chapesses.
Commando Jordovski
07-29-2005, 11:44 PM
ha thats really interesting, i Watch the BBC every day after work on my Foxtel Telly.
2nd of foot
07-30-2005, 08:56 AM
The original post related to a time relevant item on the training of Russian speakers at eth end and for about 15 years after the war. A number of quite well known faces went through the national service as “spies”. Their main task was sigin but also to look through documents obtained from the soviets and translate them. It would appear that the Russians did not have a high regard for paper security and their rubbish produced a lot of info. One of the prime sources of info was toilet paper. It would seem that the soviet army was not given toilet paper when on exercise and so used any paper they could get their hands on. Orders, manuals, sig instructions were all used and discarded and found their way back to the UK/BAOR for closer scrutiny.
It would seem that the soviet army was not given toilet paper when on exercise and so used any paper they could get their hands on. Orders, manuals, sig instructions were all used and discarded and found their way back to the UK/BAOR for closer scrutiny.
Bet that was a fun job
2nd of foot
07-30-2005, 02:10 PM
It was a good programme and the BBC link is worth a read.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/spy.shtml
Firefly
07-30-2005, 02:13 PM
It would seem that the soviet army was not given toilet paper when on exercise and so used any paper they could get their hands on. Orders, manuals, sig instructions were all used and discarded and found their way back to the UK/BAOR for closer scrutiny.
Bet that was a fun job
Just imagine the deciphering!
3rd guards Shock Army to move to Winnit and deploy into Winnit smear, Col Timoshenko is to head Operation Big Jobbie!
Oh the fun they must have had.
Commando Jordovski
07-31-2005, 11:53 PM
It would seem that the soviet army was not given toilet paper when on exercise and so used any paper they could get their hands on. Orders, manuals, sig instructions were all used and discarded and found their way back to the UK/BAOR for closer scrutiny.
Bet that was a fun job
Just imagine the deciphering!
3rd guards Shock Army to move to Winnit and deploy into Winnit smear, Col Timoshenko is to head Operation Big Jobbie!
Oh the fun they must have had.
I never knew the Russians didn't have Toilet paper,A russian private takes Stalins war plans and uses that for toilet paper or something, but OUCH that would of been quite rough on your behind.
I never knew the Russians didn't have Toilet paper,A russian private takes Stalins war plans and uses that for toilet paper or something, but OUCH that would of been quite rough on your behind.
Especially the scorched earth policy.
Commando Jordovski
08-01-2005, 05:02 AM
haha I reckon :shock:
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