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Bezig met laden... BRIXMIS: The Last Cold War Mission (Espionage) (editie 2018)door Steve Gibson (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkLive and Let Spy: BRIXMIS - The Last Cold War Mission door Steve Gibson
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BRIXMIS (British Commander-in-Chief's Mission to the Group Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany) is one of the most covert elite units of the British Army. They were dropped in behind 'enemy lines' ten months after the Second World War had ended and continued with their intelligence-gathering missions until the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. During this period Berlin was a hotbed of spying between East and West. BRIXMIS was established as a trusted channel of communication between the Red Army and the British Army on the Rhine. However, they acted in the shadows to steal advanced Soviet equipment and penetrate top-secret training areas. Here Steve Gibson offers a new understanding of the complex British role in the Cold War. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)327.124101717Social sciences Political Science International Relations Foreign policy and specific topics in international relations Espionage and subversion Intelligence Gathering - EuropeLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (4)
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For those of you that don't know Brixmis was a little known Cold War unit who's role was to obtain as much military intelligence about the Russian forces in East Germany as possible, within the rules laid down in the Robertson-Malinin Agreement made shortly after the end of the war in Europe. The Soviets were allowed a similar mission in West Germany called Soxmis. There were also French and US equivalents.
The original intention was to create a mechanism to facilitate liaison between the occupying military governments, particularly between those of the Western allies and the Soviet Union. The exchange of military liaison missions appeared to offer a convenient solution, however they soon effectively became spying missions.
With only cameras and tape recorders Brixmis were allowed to travel across East Germany and obtained a constant stream of information on Soviet equipment and dispositions despite the constant harrying and in some cases assualts of the STASI and Russian special forces.
Steve Gibson's book complements Tony Geraghty's by covering the Brixmis mission up to the fall of the Berlin Wall and German re-unification.
It's full of tales of derring do, close scrapes with the Stasi and fascinating detail of how they obtained their intelligence.
Well worth a read! (