Brigadier General Eric Edward Mockler-Ferryman CBE (1896–1978) was a British army military intelligence officer who wrote the British official history of the Second World War between 1947 and 1952. During the Second World War, Ferryman headed the German section of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), he was General Eisenhower's chief of intelligence in the run-up to Operation Torch, and he ended the war with a transfer to the civilian Special Operations Executive (SOE). He was awarded the Legion of Merit.
References
- "Ferryman, Col Eric Edward Mockler- - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- Ball, Gassert, Gestrich & Neitzel, "Cultures of Intelligence in the Era of the World Wars", pg. 225
- Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23). "Eric Edward Mockler-Ferryman". The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/31452. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31452. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- Ambrose, Stephen E. (1981). "Eisenhower and the Intelligence Community in World War II". Journal of Contemporary History. pp. 153–166. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- "Brigadier E E Mockler-Ferryman CB CBE MC". Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- Ball, Gassert, Gestrich & Neitzel, pg. 226
- "U.S. Army general awarding medals to British officers". Densho Digital Repository. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
Primary sources
Ball, Gassert, Gestrich & Neitzel, "Cultures of Intelligence in the Era of the World Wars", New York: Oxford, 2020
External links
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