American 6813 Division History October 1945

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members (the last-named had been in process of compilation for several
years in the Technical Section). This picture was projected onto a
call diagram indicating all the main landline centres and repeater
stations with their interconnecting main cables. An order of battle
was then superimposed on the landline net. By following the daily reports
of landline repair and construction as they appeared in the decodes and
then tracing reroutings (in the case of bomb damage or line overloading)
or routeing (in the case of new construction) an interesting although
obvious fact emerged. It would be possible completely to disrupt the
landline communication facilities throughout most of Germany by carefully
bombing certain key repeater stations and exchanges, All pertrinent data
down to and including street addresses were correlated and passed on through
channels and in short order emerged as the "Short Circuit" project. Using
the information provided by the Technical |Section, this strategic bombing-
planaimed at the systematic disruption of landline facilities as allpied
to the several German Army Froups in the West. Before the plan could be
put into operation. however, the immenent end of the war (late April 1945)
precluded the final completion of the project.

Log-reading

Search Party

Fusion Room

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