Wilhelm Gimmler (13 October 1890 in Hohenlinden; 19 August 1963 in Hamelin) was a German Army general signals officer, who became Commander in Chief of Signals in the west[1] OB West (German: Chef AgWNV) and Chief of the Armed Forces Sgnal Communications Office during World War II.[2] Gimmler was responsible for coordinating all the cryptographic security studies undertaken by German Armed Forces and was notable for standardising wireless phraseology between different Army Groups.[3]

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  1. ↑ West, Nigel (27 May 2019). Codeword Overlord: Axis Espionage and the D-Day Landings. Stroud: History Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7509-9176-6.
  2. ↑ "GERMAN RADIO INTELLIGENCE (BY ALBERT PRAUN, FORMER LT. GEN.); DEPT. OF THE ARMY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY. INCLUDES NSA MEMO AND COMMENTS ON REPORT" (PDF). NSA (Albert Praun). March 1950. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ Meyer, Joseph A. Der Fall WICHER: German Knowledge of Polish Success on ENIGMA (PDF). TICOM. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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