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THE WORLD OF SPIES IS A CRAZY PLACE

Added on: 14th Oct 2016

 

WILFRED “BIFFY” DUNDERDALE, AN M16

AGENT IN PARIS, WAS THE MODEL FOR

JAMES BOND. DUNDERDALE WAS FRIENDS

WITH IAN FLEMING AND SEVERAL OF

WILFRED “BIFFY” DUNDERDALE'S EXPLOITS

ENDED UP IN FLEMING'S NOVELS

Wilfred “Biffy” Dunderdale, an M16 agent in Paris, was the model for James Bond. Dunderdale was friends with Ian Fleming and several of Wilfred “Biffy” Dunderdale's exploits ended up in Fleming's novels

 

 

KIM PHILBY WAS THE HEAD OF M16'S ANTI-SOVIET DIVISION.

HE WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND TO BE A SOVIET SPY.

Kim Philby was the head of M16's anti-Soviet division. He was eventually found to be a Soviet spy

 

 

GEORGE KOVAL WAS A SOVIET SPY WHO

INFILTRATED THE MANHATTAN PROJECT AND

PROVIDED THE SOVIETS WITH EVERYTHING THEY

NEEDED TO BUILD NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

HE WAS ONLY DISCOVERED IN 2002

George Koval was a Soviet spy who infiltrated the Manhattan Project and provided the Soviets with everything they needed to built nuclear weapons. He was only discovered in 2002

 

 

CODE TALKERS ARE PEOPLE WHO USED THEIR

KNOWLEDGE OF AN OBSCURE LANGUAGE TO

SEND MESSAGES ON THE BATTLEFIELD

Code talkers are people who used their knowledge of an obscure language to send messages on the battlefield

 

 

THE MOVIE WINDTALKERS PROFILES IS ABOUT

THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS OF WORLD WAR II.

THE ALLIES USED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF

NAVAJO, A NOTORIOUSLY HARD NATIVE

AMERICAN LANGUAGE, TO SEND MESSAGES.

THE NAVAJO CODE REMAINS ONE OF THE ONLY

CODES TO NEVER BE BROKEN

The movie Windtalkers profiles is about the Navajo code talkers of World War II. The allies used their knowledge of Navajo, a notoriously hard Native American language, to send messages. The Navajo code remains one of the only codes to never be broken.

 

 

BRITISH MATHEMATICIAN ALAN TURING, WIDELY

SEEN AS ONE OF THE FIRST COMPUTER SCIENTISTS,

CREATED A MACHINE THAT COULD DECRYPT THE

GERMAN ENIGMA CODE. TURING'S WORK IS SEEN

BY MANY TO HAVE SHORTENED THE WAR BY

UP TO 4 YEARS

British mathematician Alan Turing, widely seen as one of the first computer scientists, created a machine that could decrypt the German Enigma Code. Turing's work is seen by many to have shortened the war by up to 4 years

 

 

JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG ARE THE ONLY

CIVILIANS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

TO BE EXECUTED FOR ESPIONAGE

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are the only civilians in the history of the United States to be executed for espionage

 

 

DURING WORLD WAR I, THE UNITED STATES

PASSED THE SEDITION ACT OF 1918 WHICH

FORBID CITIZENS FROM SPEAKING NEGATIVELY

OF THE US GOVERNMENT OR THE WAR EFFORT.

IT WAS REPEALED 2 YEARS LATER

During Word War I, the United States passed the Sedition Act of 1918 which forbid citizens from speaking negatively of the US government or the war effort. It was repealed 2 years later

 


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