Did the Axis have any spies monitoring the Arctic Convoys?
Re: Did the Axis have any spies monitoring the Arctic Convoys?
Yes Sid, that's what made me think of Ireland in my previous question, since they had a fleet of neutral fishing vessels right next to some of the departure points for the Arctic convoys. That's interesting to hear about the Norwegian fishing vessel in Greenland, and the ban on Spanish fishing vessels off the Grand Banks, I wasn't aware of either.
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Re: Did the Axis have any spies monitoring the Arctic Convoys?
The only reference to a spy operating out of Ireland I've seen was rather negative towards the chap. Described as being a borderline alcoholic, lacking energy & initiative. His activities seem to have been collecting newspapers and rumors or sea stories in the Pubs. I can't recall when the Irish government saw off the German embassy.Sid Guttridge wrote: ↑31 Aug 2020, 10:02... Eire wouldn't have been much use regarding Arctic convoys, as its information would have to have come from the UK in the first place.
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I could easily be wrong, but I don't think they ever kicked them out. I know the Italian legation was still there in Dublin in 1944...Carl Schwamberger wrote: ↑31 Aug 2020, 15:30I can't recall when the Irish government saw off the German embassy.
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Re: Did the Axis have any spies monitoring the Arctic Convoys?
Hi Carl,
The German Embassy remained in Dublin until the end of the war.
Notoriously, the Irish Prime Minister, Eamon Dr Valera, and his Foreign Minister visited it at the beginning of May 1945 to offer the Ambassador personal condolences on Hitler's death!
Cheers,
Sid.
The German Embassy remained in Dublin until the end of the war.
Notoriously, the Irish Prime Minister, Eamon Dr Valera, and his Foreign Minister visited it at the beginning of May 1945 to offer the Ambassador personal condolences on Hitler's death!
Cheers,
Sid.
Re: Did the Axis have any spies monitoring the Arctic Convoys?
Yes, Sid is right. The German representative in Ireland who received the condolences in May 1945 was Eduard Hempel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Hempel