This Guardian article describes how statistics beat out intelligence in WWII. This is one of those stories that seems just too good to be true, and no source is given. However a little searching finds the academic reference: Ruggles, R., and Brodie H. (1947) An empirical approach to economic intelligence in World War 2. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 42:72-91.
Alas the paper is not generally available online, but the abstract is here.
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Thanks Dave. Good to see you enjoying your Swiss heritage.
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