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Erwin Rommel with Italian governor of Libya, General Italo Gariboldi (on Rommel’s right), inTripoli, February 1941. Emily Anderson cracked the Italian codebooks, changing the course of the war in North…
A Colossus Mark 2 codebreaking computer being operated by Wrens (Women’s Royal Naval Service) in 1943. January 18, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of Colossus, the world’s first digital computer,…
Peter Tazelaar in1945. Peter Tazelaar was a member of the Dutch resistance during World War II and worked as an agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). Created in…
Amy Elizabeth “Betty” Thorpe. Wars are not won by respectable methods — Betty Thorpe Pack, Codename CYNTHIA Betty Thorpe Pack was a remarkable woman who sought out and led an…
1943 SMERSH identity document cover. Russian (English): НКО (Народного Комиссариата Обороны (People’s Commissariat of Defense) Главного управления (Main Department) контрразведки (Counterintelligence) СМЕРШ (SMERSH) SMERSH, a counter-intelligence agency with a name…
German soldiers of the Hermann Göring Division posing in front of Palazzo Venezia in Rome in 1944 with a painting taken from the Biblioteca del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Attribution:…
Flag of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) played a significant role during World War II. The FBI was tasked with running surveillance…
Harry Houdini prepares to do the overboard box escape c. 1912, courtesy of the Library of Congress. Magic and espionage are really kindred arts.” — John E. McLaughlin, former CIA…
Cel from “Animal Farm”. Public Domain. The animated film adaptation of renowned British writer George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a significant piece of cinema history, not just for its artistic…
Aerial rendering of the National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations. Courtesy of Charles Pinck / The OSS Society. The National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations® is a future…