British Interrogation Techniques in the Second World War

By Sophie Jackson

The British system of interrogation has always been distinctly different from other countries. Subtler, quieter and far more devious than its contemporaries, it has been admired by those who have inadvertently succumbed to it. So much so that the Nazis adopted some of the British methods in their own intelligence operations. During the Second World War the system became highly developed and vast numbers of people were employed in the collating and recovery of information. Vital data regarding military advances such as the Enigma machine and the Tiger Tank were wrung from prisoners not by force but by trickery and deceit. The eccentric, quirky, but also very successful, wartime interrogation methods of the British are revealed in this book, including their triumphant discoveries and also their occasional disastrous mistake.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Nov 30, 2011
• ISBN: 9780752478272

Sophie Jackson

Sophie Jackson has worked as a freelance writer specialising in historical subjects. She is widely published in magazines across the UK and US, including the Daily Mirror, Antiques Info Magazine, Your Family Tree, Your Family History and Family History Monthly. She is the author of Churchill’s Unexpected Guests, Churchill’s White Rabbit and SOE’s Balls of Steel, among many others.