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Espionage

Covert spying operations directed by governments that aim to uncover classified information to obtain a political or military advantage over their rivals.

Noor Inayat Khan

The real-life women who inspired WW2 screen heroines

The Reichstag Fire considered as a False Flag operation by the Nazis was blamed on communist sympathiser Marinus van de Lubbe, left

The truth about 'False Flags' from Nazi Germany to the Vietnam War

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Chevalier d'Eon and gender non-conformity in the 18th century

The world's most infamous Spy Agency: the hidden history of the KGB

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Stalin’s daughter: the Cold War’s most famous defector

Nada Bakos, Bob Baer's newest recruit for Hunting Hitler.

Meet Ex-CIA Officer Nada Bakos

Dummy landing craft used in Operation Fortitude

Operation Fortitude: the D-Day deception campaign that fooled the Nazis

Naval identity card of Major Martin

Operation mincemeat: How a 'drowned' man with faked documents tricked Hitler

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Invisible Agents by Nadine Akkerman

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Aphra Behn and Female Espionage

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For by wise guidance you can wage your war': Mossad's mysterious history

The Spies next door

Viktor Bout – Merchant of Death

Able Archer 83: the NATO war game that almost led to nuclear conflict

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The weirdest cold war assassination of all

A still from Damian Lewis: Spy Wars, episode 2, Bombs in the Sky

The history of Al Qaeda, the world's most notorious terrorist group

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl and 'The Irregulars', the British spy ring in 40s America

Robert Hanssen

Perfect traitors: Robert Hanssen and Kim Philby

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6 Things you didn't know about the CIA

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Kim Philby: The MI6 double agent who spied for Russia

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