Secrecy#Military secrecy

The term military secret or military secret called a mystery in the military field. Since the national defense is one of the fundamental interests of a state and the information advantage in the military very often determines victory or defeat or peace and war, information is always particularly ( criminal ) protected by law in this area.

During the photographing of military installations is forbidden almost everywhere, this is true beyond in many countries for military reasons also for stations, bridges, tunnels, ports, airports, power plants, transmission and industrial plants.

Germany

Military secrets in National Socialism 1933-1945

At the time of National Socialism were in the military field, the basic requirements for confidentiality in the classified - rule ( H.Dv. 99, M.Dv.Nr. 9, L.Dv.99 - October 1, 1935, and from August 1, 1943 ) set. Here, the concept of classified information is defined as follows: " classified information within the meaning of this provision are writings and documents which require for the benefit of the kingdom, especially in the interest of national defense or for other operational reasons a special secret protection. "

The classified documents were divided into three levels of confidentiality:

The classified information - provision regulated precisely labeling, distribution, destruction, and behavior loss. The GKdos often bore the words " only by an officer ."

Military secrets in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949

The criminal law of the Federal Republic of Germany does not know this term though, military secrets but are protected on one side as state secrets by the § § 93 to § 101a of the Criminal Code ( treason and the like). On the other hand, certain types of military secrets by § 109f and § 109g of the Penal Code to be protected from the investigate, imaging and publishing. In particular, light images, even from the air, is prohibited.

Austria

In the Austrian military criminal law is the intentional relinquishment of a military secret in § 26Vorlage: § / Maintenance / RIS search and 27Vorlage §: § / Maintenance / RIS search regulated.

Switzerland

The Swiss military criminal law of June 13, 1927 ( MStG SR 321.0 ), the violation of military secrets in Article 106 offense.

Because of the possibility of disciplinary punishment of breach of this standard appropriate sanctions can not be imposed by the institutions of the military justice system, but also by the force commander.

Examples of military secrets

  • During the Second World War, the tribes of the Navajo, Iroquois, and the Comanches were used for the radio traffic from U.S. military personnel. The language was not documented. By 1968, the Code Talkers were not even tell their families of their mission, see Navajo code.
  • France declared the circumstances of the Castor transports repeated as a military secret, to prevent publication.
  • In the Spiegel affair facts of national defense were published, which filed the then Federal Government as military secrets.
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