The Signal Intelligence Regiment (German: Kommandeur der Nachrichtenaufklärung, lit. 'Commander of intelligence') (KONA) was the basic element of the field organisation of the German Army (Heer) signals intelligence organization during World War II. The KONA regiment were mobile communication reconnaissance units which were assigned to an army group and operated close to the front lines within the theatre of operations to intercept and build intelligence, via evaluation services (cryptanalysis) and disseminate the intelligence to senior staff locally and in the OKH/GDNA headquarters in the rear. To quote World War II cryptographic historian, Christos Triantafyllopoulos: "The KONA units did not have the ability to solve complicated Allied cryptosystems. Instead they focused on exploiting lo
