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The arrest and trial of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel is the subject for the new movie, Bridge of Spies, but who was he and what is the story behind his unlikely upbringing in England?
Author Andrew Lownie has unmasked a sixth Soviet spy at the heart of the Establishment – Wilfrid Mann, pictured, a brilliant MI6 physicist, who was regarded in Moscow as an agent of great influence.
Britain’s war in the shadows of male spies and subterfuge in the heart of occupied France is a story well known, but what of the women who also risked their lives for Britain and the liberation of France? In 1942 a desperate need for new recruits, saw SOE turn to a previously overlooked group – […]
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The Godfather of American Spying: Code names, dead drops, invisible ink, and secret ciphers were all part of the American Revolution. Historian Taylor Stoermer introduces Benjamin Tallmadge, George Washington’s chief intelligence officer.
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