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La XU, sigla che significa X per "unknown" (ignoto) ed U per "undercover agent" (agente sotto copertura), era una rete di raccolta di informazioni norvegese composta da studenti, accademici, professionisti, vigili ed altro personale tecnico distribuita sul territorio . XU var en norsk hemlig underrättelsesorganisation under andra världskriget. XU bildades i juli 1940 av Arvid Storsveen och hade vid krigsslutet cirka 1500 agenter, som rapporterade med ett sofistikerat kurirsystem till Storbritannien via Stockholm. XU var till början en del av Milorg men blev under 1941–1942 en självständig organisation direkt underlagt norska myndigheter i London och Stockholm. Verksamheten hölls extremt hemlig också efter kriget, och all information blev offentliggjord först 1989. XU (X for "unknown" and U for "undercover agent") was a clandestine intelligence organisation working on behalf of Allied powers in occupied Norway during World War II. Though its work proved invaluable for operations against German operations in Norway, most of its operations, organization, etc., were kept secret until 1988. XU maintained strict discipline around its cell structure, and the courier system was based on anonymous transfer of information. In one case, it turned out that two operatives who only knew each other by each other's shoes were close friends outside the XU network. XU est une organisation clandestine en réseau de la Résistance norvégienne pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Ses opérations contre l'occupation allemande de la Norvège sous le Troisième Reich se sont révélées inestimables[Comment ?], car l'essentiel d'entre elles et leur fonctionnement sont gardés secrets jusqu'en 1988.
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XU (X for "unknown" and U for "undercover agent") was a clandestine intelligence organisation working on behalf of Allied powers in occupied Norway during World War II. Though its work proved invaluable for operations against German operations in Norway, most of its operations, organization, etc., were kept secret until 1988. The name of the organization may have derived from Lauritz Sand, one of the founding members, who had previously worked for British intelligence in the Dutch East Indies and coined the name XU, X for "unknown" and U for "undercover agent" for his group. During the early stages of the German occupation of Norway, Sand collaborated with an intelligence group led by major John Hagle and captain Eivind Hjelle. By July 1940, this group came into contact with another group led by Arvid Storsveen. Although XU was initially organized by a leadership with a military background, its further development relied heavily upon recruiting students from the University of Oslo. As it grew, the group also included professionals around Norway, within railroads, police and so on, and collected maps and photos of German fortifications and forces. XU was initially organised as part of the Milorg, but as the Norwegian resistance movement grew, it became essential to compartmentalise organisations and teams and thereby enhance security against Nazi and Quisling infiltration, so XU split from the Milorg in the autumn of 1941 when Lauritz Sand and many others were arrested by the Gestapo. Milorg was the Norwegian counterpart to the sabotage service, the Special Operations Executive and so answered to Department of the Norwegian High Command. From 1941, XU answered to Department , which was the branch that worked with Britain's intelligence service SIS. In the spring of 1942, the Gestapo became aware of XU's activities and initiated operations to identify and arrest its leaders. Several leaders from the Oslo cell, including Storsveen, fled to neutral Sweden in July 1942, and set up headquarters for the organization there. They continued to move in and out of Norway, and Storsveen was killed in a Gestapo operation in Oslo in April 1943 without revealing his role in XU. XU continued its work under the leadership of Øistein Strømnæs and Anne-Sofie Østvedt, whose identities were kept secret until recently. Strømnæs led XU from occupied Oslo for the rest of the war. Apart from supplying the Allied forces with very detailed data about the state of German forces in Norway, XU also had connections within Nazi Germany. Several of their members were couriers for MI5 agent Paul Rosbaud who had vital information regarding German nuclear research. By the end of the war XU had some 1,500 agents all over Norway and had developed a sophisticated courier system to the United Kingdom through neutral Sweden. The amount of information could amount to some 500 A4 pages supplied every day. The highly accurate and current intelligence enabled the Allied forces to maintain detailed information about the deployment and condition of German forces throughout Norway. This information proved vital in strategic bombing raids and would have been invaluable if an invasion had been necessary. XU maintained strict discipline around its cell structure, and the courier system was based on anonymous transfer of information. In one case, it turned out that two operatives who only knew each other by each other's shoes were close friends outside the XU network. After the war ended, confiscated Gestapo information revealed that the Gestapo in Norway had very little intelligence on the size, scope, members, and operations of XU. The existence of XU was not revealed to the general public until around 1980, when the Norwegian government decided to decorate some of the XU members. The government was criticized for waiting for so long, especially since many double agents, otherwise sworn to secrecy, were convicted as collaborators during the post-war treason trials. Their names were cleared after 1980, and as of 2006, nearly all documents regarding the XU have been released to the public. XU est une organisation clandestine en réseau de la Résistance norvégienne pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Ses opérations contre l'occupation allemande de la Norvège sous le Troisième Reich se sont révélées inestimables[Comment ?], car l'essentiel d'entre elles et leur fonctionnement sont gardés secrets jusqu'en 1988. Le nom de l'organisation pourrait provenir de Lauritz Sand, l'un des membres fondateurs ayant auparavant travaillé pour les services de renseignement britanniques aux Indes orientales néerlandaises et qui y avait inventé le nom XU : « X » pour « inconnu » et « U » pour « agent d'infiltration » (undercover agent en anglais).[réf. nécessaire] La XU, sigla che significa X per "unknown" (ignoto) ed U per "undercover agent" (agente sotto copertura), era una rete di raccolta di informazioni norvegese composta da studenti, accademici, professionisti, vigili ed altro personale tecnico distribuita sul territorio . XU var en norsk hemlig underrättelsesorganisation under andra världskriget. XU bildades i juli 1940 av Arvid Storsveen och hade vid krigsslutet cirka 1500 agenter, som rapporterade med ett sofistikerat kurirsystem till Storbritannien via Stockholm. XU var till början en del av Milorg men blev under 1941–1942 en självständig organisation direkt underlagt norska myndigheter i London och Stockholm. Verksamheten hölls extremt hemlig också efter kriget, och all information blev offentliggjord först 1989. Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från norska Wikipedia (bokmål/riksmål), tidigare version.
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