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Room 40

Room 40, also known as 40 O.B. (old building; officially part of NID25), was the cryptanalysis section of the British Admiralty during the First World War.

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Room 40

Staff

Merger with Military Intelligence (MI)

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Room 40

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Room 40

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related to background · 42
Room 40 → Admiralty, Alastair Denniston, Alert, At, Atlantic, August, Bletchley Park, Britain, Committee, Cypher School, Dartmouth, Director, DNE, English Channel, Ewing, First World War, German, German-owned, Germany, Germany's
related to Capture of the VB codebook · 41
Room 40 → Battle, Berlin, British, Buenos Aires, Captain Cecil Fox, Constantinople, Dixmude, Dunkirk, German, German Navy, Hall, HMS Lance, However, In, It, Its, Lambda, Legion, Lennox, Loyal
related to Capture of the SKM codebook · 38
Room 40 → Alexandrovosk, Although, Baltic, Bogatyr, British, Captain Kredoff, Commander Smirnoff, Copies, Exactly, Finland, First Lord, German, Gulf, Habenicht, HMS Theseus, Kaiserlichen Marine, Korvettenkapitän Habenicht, Magdeburg, October, Odensholm
related to Room 40 · 37
Room 40 → Adjacent, Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, Admiralty, Admiralty Building, Admiralty Old Building, Admiralty War Staff, Captain William Hall, Chief, DID, Director, DOD, Ewing's, First Lord, First Lord's, First Sea Lord, Hall, In, Intelligence Division, London, Naval Intelligence
related to Signals interception and direction finding · 30
Room 40 → Aberdeen, Admiral, Admiralty, At, Birchington, Britain, British, Captain Round, Chelmsford, Flamborough Head, France, German, Hall, Ireland, Lerwick, Lowestoft, Marconi, May, North Sea, Other
related to Zimmermann Telegram · 27
Room 40 → April, Arizona, Britain, British, German, German Foreign Minister Arthur, German Foreign Office, Germany, Grey, Hall, In, January, Mexican, Mexico, New Mexico, Nigel, Room, Texas, The, There
related to External links · 22
Room 40 → Alexander Denniston, Archived, Cambridge, Churchill Archives Centre, German Submarine Warfare, Intelligence, Jutland/Skagerrak, Kew, LUSITANIA, Naval Battle, October, Original Documents, PhotoCopies, Richmond, Room, The National Archives, The Papers, The Zimmermann/Mexico Telegram, UK, Wayback Machine
related to Merger with Military Intelligence (MI) · 15
Room 40 → Bletchley Park, British Army's, Cheltenham, CS, Cypher School, Foreign Office, GC, GCHQ, Government Code, Government Communications Headquarters, In, MI1b, Room, Second World War, This
related to Staff · 12
Room 40 → Alastair Denniston, Dilly Knox, Emily Anderson, Francis Birch, Frank Adcock, Frank Cyril Tiarks, John Beazley, Nobby' Clarke, Other, Room, Walter Bruford, William
related to Naval success · 7
Room 40 → Battle, British, Dogger Bank, German, Jutland, North Sea, Room

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german room messages 40 naval war intelligence british code information first used new ships admiralty codebook also secret passed wireless

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William Montgomeryinstance ofEwing recruited civilians0.80text
a translator of theological works from Germaninstance ofEwing recruited civilians0.80text
and Nigel de Greyinstance ofEwing recruited civilians0.80text
a publisherinstance ofEwing recruited civilians0.80text
aircraftinstance ofand did not mention modern inventions0.80text
patrol boatsinstance ofThe code was used particularly by light forces0.80text
and for routine matters such as leavinginstance ofThe code was used particularly by light forces0.80text
entering harbourinstance ofThe code was used particularly by light forces0.80text
Room 40related to backgroundIn0.60section
Room 40related to backgroundCommittee0.60section
Room 40related to backgroundImperial Defence0.60section
Room 40related to backgroundGermany0.60section

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