Country of birth: DenmarkCountry of allegiance: DenmarkAt 1442, a Danish nobleman's daughter, Brita Tott, married and entered into the Swedish royal family. A decade later, the Swedish war against Denmark, Tott position as a spy is a perfect action for their homeland. one of which he is involved in a conspiracy to assassinate the King of Sweden at that time, King Charles VIII. He was also a courier who passed military secrets revealed Denmark who want to destroy the family, also betrayed any movement by the Swedish military. Unfortunately the Brita action more quickly known by Charles VIII. For his betrayal, he was sentenced to be burned at the stake. This punishment is not carried out because it was transformed into punishment "walling", and then let him live with spending her final days in his native country, Denmark.
Country of birth: EnglandCountry of allegiance: the Soviet UnionMelita Norwood is actually commonplace in British civil servants. But the trend in 1937 attracted Communist KGB (The National Security Agency of the USSR) to recruit him to give the mission as a spy in the 1940s secret nuclear research facilities in the UK (British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association) by the codename "Hola '. It is capable of giving him access to classified documents that are very sensitive as one of them is a scheme for the British atomic bomb in 1945. Espionage the first time publicly disclosed by Vasili Mitrokhin in 1999. At that time also revealed that the British government actually has to know the status of Norwood since the ban and the ban on the writings of controversial Mitrokhin in 1992, but Britain has decided not to raise this issue.
Country of birth: The NetherlandsCountry of allegiance: Either France or GermanyHis real name Margaretha Zelle Geertruida, arrived in Paris as a widow and get to work as a stripper best ever. He became increasingly popular in government and military prostitutes. When World War I broke out, France suspect activities to the German spy, although he may do it for France. Although his defense that he was a double agent and loyal to France, they were arrested in 1917 and executed eight months later.
Country of birth: New ZealandCountry of allegiance: New Zealand, England, America, France, AustraliaNancy Wake was working as a journalist in France when World War II broke out. He did not waste his time by voluntarily signing up to be a courier for the French Resistance, and shortly after, Wake set up a spy network is very extensive and effective so that the Gestapo put a price on his head worth millions of dollars. His expertise in espionage only by his physical dexterity, he was accused of killing a German soldier with his bare hands. After the war, no fewer than five states honored with the highest civilian award, making him a spy among the most respected women during World War II.
Country of birth: PolandCountry of allegiance: EnglandKrystyna Skarbek intelligence unconventional for six years as an agent for the British Special Operations (SOE) makes him one of the spies of World War II's most successful, having overpowered the various missions in Poland, Hungary, France, and Egypt. He gained lasting fame when he saved the lives of two SOE agents to be executed by the Gestapo with menjadikankan himself as one of the nephew of a member of the British High Command. After the war, Skarbek found himself abandoned by both their country of origin (under Soviet occupation) and the former organization. Already hit by poverty, also was killed in 1952 by a man she had rejected his love in London.
Country of birth: AmericaCountry of allegiance: America, England, FranceAs an agent of Britain's Special Operations Executive, Virginia Hall has a mission to support the French Resistance with a reputation for being able to avoid even the Nazi siege is very tight. In 1944, he fled to Spain on foot and joined the Office of Strategic Services of America before returning to France to train resistance forces, set up safe houses and collect the secrets of the German military intelligence is invaluable. one of the most astonishing turns in performing its mission, Hall uses a fake wooden leg! Where he has been using it since the 1930s.
Country of birth: FranceCountry of allegiance: England, FranceCourage, Beauty, and a tragic short life Violette Szabo makes one a legend himself. Even inspired one of the Xbox 360 game (Velvet Assassin). As a Secret Agent in the Special Operations Executive UK, one mission is to keep an eye gestures to sabotage the French at that time. Not long after the outbreak of World War II, Szabo was captured by the Germans to spend all the ammunition that he got through the shooting happened. Once caught, Szabo was taken to Ravensbruck (concentration camp). In 1945, Szabo was executed in a relatively young age, ie 23 years.
Country of birth: AmericaCountry of allegiance: the Soviet UnionLona Cohen is a member of the Communist Party who served as a courier for Theodore Hall, a physicist Manhattan Project (Atomic Bomb Project Amik) who leaked atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. After the war, she and her husband moved to London and were instrumental in establishing British naval forces through the Portland Spy Ring (Soviet spies operating in Britain). The British did not know who Cohen and arrested him. Which was originally sentenced to eight years to 20 years in prison could not happen because the UK offers the exchange of spies sent to the Soviet Union. On returning to the Soviet Union, Cohen received with joy and a loyal patriot, including respected by officials of the Soviet Union by giving the award the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Country of birth: AmericaCountry of allegiance: the Soviet Union, AmericaCommunist Party spies United States, when in fact he was working for the Soviet secret police, which does not benefit him as a secret agent. However, during World War II, he was one of Soviet spies in the United States the most successful, by providing information about the Nazis through the Soviet military. After the death of her lover and the Soviet breakup, he built a spy network that is much larger than before, although not able to last a long time since he defected and gave the FBI the names of about 150 Soviet spies, including dozens of U.S. government employees.
Country of birth: AustriaCountry of allegiance: Germany, AmericaAs a daughter who was beautiful, wealthy and have a close relationship with members of the old aristocracy of Germany in the 1930s, Princess Stephanie to move easily among the elite in London. His expertise was put to good socializing to seduce ministers into the cabinet until the British Empire at that time. He eventually turned into espionage gold sexual target for Hitler and the German High Command. The outbreak of World War II put an end to its usefulness as a German spy in London. Afraid to stay in England because he was working as a spy, Stephanie moved to the U.S. with her former lover Fritz Wiedemann. After arriving in America, and separated by Wiedemann, Stephanie was assigned by the local government to create a psychological profile of Hitler, entitled 'Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler in 1943.
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