Operation Stella Polaris
Stella Polaris (Latin: Polarstern ) was the code name of an operation to outsource technology and specialists in telecommunications intelligence and cryptanalysis from Finland . At the end of September 1944, four ships arrived in Sweden , on board were about 750 specialists with their families, as well as a large number of devices and documentation.
The operation was organized by the Japanese military attaché in Helsinki and Stockholm .
literature
- Matthew M. Aid: 'Stella Polaris' and the Secret Code Battle in Postwar Europe. In: Intelligence and National Security. 17, no.3 (autumn 2002): 17-86.