GERMAN COMINT ORG

UNCLASSIFIEDDavid KahnThe German Comint Organizationin World War IIA German interpreter hunched over and listenedintently to the Russian voice in his earphones. It camefrom a loop of wire that members of a wiretapping squadhad set out two weeks before to intercept Soviet fieldtelephone conversations.All around him, that winter's day early in 1942,German forces tightened their steel grip aroundSevastopol, a key port on the Black Sea. But the Russiansdefended their Crimean fortress with toughness...