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  1. Hans-Thilo Schmidt (13 May 1888 – 19 September 1943) codenamed Asché or Source D, was a German spy who sold secrets about the Enigma machine to the French during World War II.

  2. Sep 3, 2018 · Rex recruited Hans-Thilo Schmidt, or Agent Asche, whose brother was a colonel in the German army. Schmidt supplied cases of military documents to the French, which Rex received and Bertrand...

    • Joanne Baker
    • 2018
  3. Feb 19, 2019 · The article reveals the identity of the spy who provided the Allies with information about the German Enigma cipher machine, which enabled them to decrypt German messages and gain a strategic advantage. The spy was Hans-Thilo Schmidt, a German naval officer who defected to France in 1932.

  4. Oct 27, 2016 · Paul Paillole profiles Hans-Thilo Schmidt, a German cipher clerk who sold key information to Allied intelligence in World War II. Learn how Schmidt helped crack the German Enigma machine and influenced the outcomes of the Battle of Britain and the Allied landings in Normandy.

  5. The story revolves largely around the role of Hans-Thilo Schmidt and the intelligence he supplied to the French not only about the German Enigma codes, but about a host of other important issues bearing on Hitler’s evolving plans to conquer Europe. Schmidt, known typically by his code names of H.E.

    • Edward J. Hagerty
    • 2017
  6. May 20, 2016 · The Spy in Hitler’s Inner Circle: Hans-Thilo Schmidt and the Intelligence Network that Decoded Enigma: Paillole, Paul, Key, Curtis: 9781612003719: Books - Amazon.ca

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  8. The German spy Hans Thilo Schmidt continued to deliver secrets to his French handlers until 1943. It was an organisation reporting to the French state led by Marshal Pétain that continued to deal with a spy whose actions certainly contributed to the fall of the Third Reich.

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