Marching Orders: The Untold Story of How the American Breaking of the Japanese Secret Codes Led to the Defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan

by Bruce Lee

Naturally, Washington’s interest is on strategic, rather than tactical, intelligence. Thus, 3-US will send major order-of-battle items, all messages throwing light on future operations by the Axis partners, on manpower, politics and policy. And from the start 3-US sends “Flivo reports” from the front lines and significant tactical items, including police, Abwehr, diplomatic, low-grade military and air force items deemed to be of military significance. By the spring of 1944, when the primary concern of Washington and London is OVERLORD, every