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Abwehr, n. (and a.) Ger. Hist.
(ˈæbvɛə(r), ‖ ˈapveːr)
[a. G. Abwehr, lit. ‘defence, resistance’.]
An intelligence agency founded in 1921 as a division of the German Ministry of Defence and expanded in 1934 by the ruling Nazi party. Also attrib. as adj.
1946Amer. Hist. Rev. LI. 623 The activities of Oster, Hansen, Josef Mueller, and other Abwehr officials were never altogether unknown to Himmler. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 771/1 The Abwehr's so-called Brandenburg Division was cannibalized, and five further Commando Battalions were formed. 1964L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin (1966) App. 2 Gehlen went to the Abwehr Archives at Zossen and burned every document there. 1979Summary World Broadcasts: USSR (B.B.C.) 4 Apr. c2 During the Third Reich, the oun bandits served as agents of the Gestapo and Abwehr. 1990Daily Tel. 23 May 18 His task was to check that another Abwehr agent, codenamed Tate by MI5, was still at liberty operating independently. |
