Historian Antony Beevor who has had thousands of messages deciphered says he was shocked that after a decade of intense Nazi propaganda that most of the Wehrmarcht’s obsessions seem to be about sending each other silly jokes and insignificant trivia. For example Nikolaus von Falkenhorst- Commander of German ground forces during Operation Weserübung sent a message in 1940 regarding fraternisation with the Danish nationals after the occupation of Copenhagen; ‘OMG UR SOL wiv her coz she iz wll fit ttyl ’ This received the official reply from the officer in the field ‘stfu m8 UR a vrgn pmsl ’

‘This message seems to suggest that there was a particular Danish woman who caught the attention of von Falkenhorst and his junior officer, and that neither of them thought the other stood much of a chance with her.’ Research shows that breaking the enigma code was actually achieved early in 1940, but that it was trying to understand the textspeak and emoticons that took the Allies so long.

Other examples of the inane rubbish that had to be sifted through by intelligence officers at Bletchley Park include a message sent from Hitler to Goering during the battle for Stalingrad; ‘wht u doin 2nite? Gt pssd l8r?’ and a series of messages sent from the Fuhrer’s bunker in April 1945 such as ‘Brd shtless. Tld Russns gtfo. Eva bad mood : ( ‘

‘These new transcriptions give us a much deeper insight into the narrative of the Second World War from the Nazi point of view,’ added Antony Beevor. ‘After years of analysis and study, I have noticed that at the beginning of war there were lots of smiley emoticons but interestingly at the end of the war, it is most sad faces. That definitely tells us something.’

Formally known as ‘Proficiency in Construction and Interpretation of Short Message Service Prose and Grammar’, the course will include a practical exam in which will count towards 50% of the final mark; ‘Kids are already taking their mobiles into their GCSE’s and texting each other all the answers,’ said a spokesman for the Department of Education, ‘This is just heading into the problem.’

The department claimed that this innovation represented a genuine attempt to engage with modern trends in youth culture and was not just an easy way to achieve Government education targets. ‘We’ve had a think-tank looking at this for a while now, it’s time that we introduced a formal qualification in this area before the current standard of texting and text-speak degenerates.’ Although the pass rate is expected to be high, students who fail the course will be notified by text message; U hv fld ur GCSE – soz

If the GCSE Texting is a success, then further new exams will be rolled out in 2009. These include ‘Proficiency in Internet Based Social Interaction’ or ‘Bebo-ing’, and ‘Urban Interaction in the Community’ which is basically ‘Mucking About in Shopping Centres and Calling Any Adult Who Tells You off a Paedo,’

The move has seen some heavy criticism from traditionalists such as University Professor John Sixsmith; ‘Soon we will see thousands of young people with meaningless qualifications that are easy to achieve and have no credibility with employers or academics alike’ said the Head of Media Studies at the University of Bracknell.