Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht

The Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht, known in German as the "Cipher Abteilung des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht" (OKW), was a division responsible for military communications and cryptography during World War II. It was a part of the German military's High Command (OKW), which coordinated the Wehrmacht (the German armed forces). The Cipher Department was tasked with the crucial job of encrypting military communications to secure them against interception by enemy forces.