What is it about?
The Abwehr and the SD locked horns early on in their parallel existence. In this chapter we learn how the rivalry gradually became a war of attrition which only the SD could win, because of the increasing suspicion with which the Führer viewed Canaris, Oster, and their nationalist officers, and because of the ascendancy of Himmler and the SS within the Reich.
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Why is it important?
The general lack of interservice cooperation and coordination was the main contributor to the ultimate failure of all Persian operations.
Perspectives
This chapter shows yet again how Hitler's 'divide-and-rule' policy enabled him to retain power.
Professor Adrian O'Sullivan
Bishop Grosseteste University
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This page is a summary of: Rivals, January 2014, Nature,
DOI: 10.1057/9781137427915_7.
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