Radio War

The Secret Espionage War of the Radio Security Service 1938-1946

David Abrutat

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FONTHILL
01 March 2020

History; Military intelligence

During the Second World War German intelligence had deployed wireless teams throughout occupied Europe. Agents had even been deployed to mainland Britain to spy on British military activity. Monitoring and reporting of their wireless transmissions fell to a small, secretive and largely unknown unit manned almost exclusively by volunteers. The Voluntary Interceptors (VI) as they became known would spend hours every day at home monitoring the short wavelengths for often faint and difficult to copy signals transmitted by these German secret intelligence services. This unit was to become known as the Radio Security Service (RSS) and was at the core of the signals intelligence production effort at Bletchley and the insights into German military tactical and strategic planning. Without interceptors like the RSS, Bletchley would not have existed. Their story has never truly been written and RADIO WAR focuses on the secret world of wireless espionage and includes first-hand accounts from the surviving veterans of the unit. Its existence was only made public 35 years after WWII ended, shortly after Bletchley Park’s secrets were exposed. Patrick Reilly, the Assistant to Head of MI6 Stewart Menzies, was to say of the RSS.… `a team of brilliance unparalleled anywhere in the intelligence machine.’

By: David Abrutat
Imprint: FONTHILL
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 467g
ISBN: 9781781557594
ISBN 10: 1781557594
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Scrubs; 2 Committee; 3 Volunteers; 4 Stations; 5 Adversary; 6 Overseas; 7 Pedigree; Appendix I: VI Poems; Appendix II: Notes on the Detection of Illicit Wireless 1940; Appendix III: RSS Timeline; Appendix IV: RSS Roll Call; Bibliography; Index.

DAVID ABRUTAT is a former Royal Marines Commando, RAF Officer, Zoologist and currently a lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies in the Department of Economics at the University of Buckingham. He has long had a passionate interest in Military History. His most recent book is `Vanguard: The Intelligence and Reconnaissance Missions Behind D-Day.'

Reviews for Radio War: The Secret Espionage War of the Radio Security Service 1938-1946

...an invaluable resource for amateur radio operators, SWLs, historians and those with a insatiable curiosity for all things WWII. -- K9YA Telegraph Through his research the author has unearthed a treasury of historical details...meticulous research and intriguing detail makes Radio War fascinating reading for all radio fans. -- The Spectrum Monitor