Irish Secrets German Espionage in Wartime Ireland 1939-1945

by Hull, Mark M

• ISBN13: 9780716528074
• ISBN10: 071652807X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press

Summary

Irish Secrets graphically tells the little-known history of German military espionage activity in Ireland - despite Ireland's neutral stance - before and during the Second World War. It details illicit contacts between officers of the Abwehr (German military intelligence) and leaders of the Irish Republican Army with the intent of coordinating actions against British targets and the Irish state. Irish Secrets also examines the extent of pro-German support in Ireland, the fledgling Nazi party in Ireland, and the activities of Irish civilians and diplomats abroad who offered to serve Hitler's Germany. It scrutinizes the personalities and mission profiles of the eleven German agents (from both the Abwehr and the SD (the SS intelligence service), who operated with widely varying degrees of success on Irish soil, and unearths the stories of previously unknown German operatives and Irish supporters. Many of the most compelling scenarios revolve around the use of recruited Irish nationals

Table of Contents

List of tables	vii
List of photographs	ix
List of appendices	xi
Foreword	xiii
Enno Stephan
Acknowledgements	xv
Note on translation	xvii
Abbreviations	xix
Map showing initial entry points for German agents	xxi
Introduction	1	(6)
Background to the German Intelligence Service	7	(21)
Germany and Ireland, 1933--39	28	(19)
Pre-war intelligence contacts	47	(18)
German agent activities, 1939--40	65	(36)
A busy summer: Ireland and Operation Sealion	101	(47)
German agent activities, 1941--42	148	(48)
German Intelligence Operations, 1943	196	(12)
Irish in Germany	208	(21)
Agents in custody	229	(38)
The end of the Abwehr	267	(2)
Conclusion	269	(10)
Appendices	279	(9)
Notes	288	(79)
Bibliography	367	(12)
Index	379