1 The reader may be interested to know that, contrary to common perception, Adolf Hitler’s actual star sign was Taurus with Libra rising, as determined by the ‘Austro-Hungarian’ astrologer Louis de Wohl in Secret Service of the Sky (London: Cresset Press 1938), p.256.
2 Intelligence at the Top: The Recollections of an Intelligence Officer, by Major-General Kenneth Strong (London: Cassell 1968), p.69.
4 Percy Cradock, Know Your Enemy: How the Joint Intelligence Committee Viewed the World, John Murray, London, 2002, p.11.
Room 39: Naval Intelligence in Action, 193945, by Donald McLachlan (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1968).
Colonel P.B. Earle, Volume II, January 1945December 1945, 9 Montgomery Collections: Ancillary Collections (Imperial War Museum, London).
11 As previously stated, de Wohl released Secret Service of the Sky in 1938. (note 1). De Wohl published another book, The Stars of War and Peace (note 3), seven years after the war ended, in which he discussed his wartime work with the British government. See, for example, pp.1762.
12 Ellic Howe, Urania’s Children: The Strange World of the Astrologers, William Kimber, London, 1967, p.1.
14 The Daily Telegraph, 23 October 1991, obituary of Ellic Howe, who worked for both the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the Political Warfare Executive (PWE) fabricating documents and disseminating black propaganda.
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19 De Wohl stated in his book The Stars of War and Peace (note 3) that he was commissioned into the British Army, given the rank of Captain, and sent to the Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London-based ‘The Psychological Research Bureau.’ See p.24 for more information.
Very Special Admiral: The Life of Admiral J.H. Godfrey C.B. (London: Hamish Hamilton 1980), p.186. 25 Patrick Beesly, Very Special Admiral: The Life of Admiral J.H. Godfrey C.B. (London: Hamish Hamilton 1980), p.186.
28 ADM 223/84, report by Louis de Wohl, 14 September 1940, ‘The Astrological Tendencies of Herr Hitler’s Horoscope, September 1940 April 1941.’
WO 208/4475, ‘Report about General von Brauchitsch,’ 21 January 1941, by Louis de Wohl.
The Nemesis of Power: The German Army in Politics, 19181945, by Sir John Wheeler-Bennett (London: Macmillan 1980).
WO 208/4475, ‘Report on General Keitel,’ 21 January 1941, by Louis de Wohl.
‘Comment to the Calendar of Transit Aspects March 18May 18, 1941,’ WO 208/4475.
47 Strange Victory: Hitler’s Conquest of France, by Ernest R. May (London: I.B. Tauris, 2000), pp. 2122.
Ibid., p.4. 51 Ibid., p.4. De Wohl’s book, The Stars of War and Peace (note 3) pp.2123, and Howe’s Urania’s Children (note 12) p.208, provide a more complete account of this supposed meeting with Lord Halifax.
62 I’d like to express my gratitude to Ms Penny Prior of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for declassifying this document on my behalf.
Mr Thomas Lloyd’s memo to fellow Colonial Office employees, 64 CO 875/9/10, 23 April 1941.
Telegram from the Colonial Office to all colonial governors, 1 May 1941, 65 CO 875/9/10.
66 De Wohl continued to submit astrologically inspired intelligence reports to the War Office well into 1943, according to Howe, although it’s unlikely they were taken seriously. See p.216 of Urania’s Children (note 12).
67 There is some dispute in secondary sources about which Whitehall organizations de Wohl was posted to and when in his employment for British intelligence. In late 1940 and early 1941, de Wohl worked for the Admiralty, the War Office, and SOE, according to Ellic Howe in Urania’s Children (note 12). See, for example, pp. 209216. In the second volume of his diaries, Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart reported that the Security Service, MI5, attempted to’sell’ de Wohl to the PWE in mid-1942 for an unspecified reason. p.187 in Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart’s Diaries, Volume Two, 19391965 (London: Macmillan 1981).
68 ‘Louis de Wohl: SOE and Astrological Propaganda,’ SOE War Diary 1941. See also ‘SOE War Diary: Survey of Global Actions,’ HS 7/216HS 7/223, which chronicles de Wohl’s subversive activities in the United States from May 1941 to December 1941, albeit in a piecemeal way.
69 See Nigel West’s introduction to The Secret History of British Intelligence in the Americas, 194045. (New York: Fromm International 1999).
71 The SOE personnel file for Miss Alice June Bambridge, HS 7/73, remains closed, which is unfortunate for the historian.
72 I owe a debt of gratitude to Ms. Gill Bennett, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Chief Historian, for providing me with this information about de Wohl’s work with SOE and PWE.
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What is the full name of Adolf Hitler?
Adolf Hitler, also known as Der Fhrer (German: “The Leader”), was the leader of the Nazi Party (from 1920/21) and the chancellor (Kanzler) and Fhrer of Germany (193345). He was born on April 20, 1889, in Braunau am Inn, Austria, and died on April 30, 1945, in Berlin, Germany.
What was Hitler’s date of birth?
On April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, a small Austrian village near the Austro-German border. Adolf spent most of his boyhood in Linz, Upper Austria’s capital, when his father, Alois, retired as a state customs official.
What signs of the zodiac make effective leaders?
Leadership is a form of power. Of course, not everyone in the world possesses this influential quality, but it’s never too late to attempt. It takes a lot of bravery to be a leader, especially when you’re passionate about something unusual or frowned upon by society. These zodiac signs Aries, Leo, Capricorn, and Aquarius are born leaders, and it’s mostly because they are bold and unashamedly themselves.
Everyone, whether they like it or not, has to put their foot down now and then. It’s called survival, and even if you don’t think you’re brave or warrior-like, I guarantee you have a raging wildfire burning within you. Do you want to know where and how your inner leader manifests? Check your birth chart to see where Aries or Mars are situated. Not to take anything away from trend-setting Aries, but Mars its celestial ruler is in charge of your assertiveness, fighting spirit, and fiery impulses. Your degrees of endurance and overall confidence are determined by where this energy is located in your chart.
Stalin, do you think he’s a Scorpio?
(Please note that this is the Indian Sun Sign, not the Western Sun Sign.) The key distinction is that Indian sun signs are based on the position of the sun in the zodiac and are more accurate than western sun signs, which are based on the day of birth.)