Arrangements for deploying double agents into occupied territory remained buried in the Security Service files, hiding the cost of moving assets from safehouses to the front lines.
By Constance Bell ·
Kept hidden in the Security Service's personal files, the transit of a fake commercial representative from Lisbon to London provided the cover for a strategic deception that saved thousands of lives.
By Constance Bell ·
A journalist in occupied Paris played a lethal game of shadow-boxing with German intelligence, using a radio link to feed the Reich lies until the city was liberated.
By Vera Kessler ·
Strategic deception for D-Day relied on a fictional spy network that Thomas Harris had to protect through ingenious contingency plans as Abwehr defections risked exposing Juan Pujol García.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Nazi high command believed a phantom army existed in Britain during D-Day, but the ingenious plans used to shield this lie from exposure stay hidden in the archives.
By Vera Kessler ·
Abwehr defectors threatened to expose Juan Pujol García as a fraud, which could have ruined the strategic deception used to misdirect German reserves.
By Constance Bell ·