• The B-Dienst (German: Beobachtungsdienst, observation service), also called xB-Dienst, X-B-Dienst and χB-Dienst, was a Department of the German Naval...
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    To solve this, the State Service of the Devastated Territories (Flemish: Dienst der Verwoeste Gewesten, DVG) set up the Transport Office of the Devastated...
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    testing if it could be used to power steam boilers. On 1 October 1920 Orion was taken out of service of the Dienst der bebakening en kustverlichting and...
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    decrypts and eavesdropping on Luftwaffe wireless communications. The German B-Dienst read some British signals and Luftwaffe used the lull in convoys after Convoy...
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    the great circle route to reduce distance. However German intelligence (B-Dienst) was aware of its passage, and U-boat Command (BdU) was able to send group...
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    stadsdeel of Amsterdam-West. ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. Jones, Cass (22 April 2012). "Amsterdam Train Crash Leaves...
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    At 11:15 am the British Admiralty sent out a signal "Total Germany". B-Dienst intercepted the message and it was promptly reported to Dönitz. Dönitz paced...
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    December, Meisel started searching for the convoy HX 94, which according to B-Dienst intelligence was nearby. Admiral Hipper encountered a few independent sailing...
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    transmissions, were embarked on warships. The rival German Beobachtungsdienst (B-Dienst, Observation Service) of the Kriegsmarine Marinenachrichtendienst (MND,...
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    proef". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 9 April 1936. "De "Jan van Brakel" in dienst gesteld: Een eenvoudige plechtigheid". De Standaard (in Dutch). 26 June...
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