
Montagu, Garbo, Fuchs, Penkovsky... they were the greatest spies of the twentieth century. Through analysis of declassified documents, archives, reconstructions, and interviews, “Spies of War” offers you a glimpse into the minds and methods of undercover operatives. Discover the tactics for transmitting top secret information. See how one man assumed 24 identities to simulate the existence of a spy ring. Witness how scientists provided the USSR with ultra-confidential plans for the atomic bomb.
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Air Date: 2019-01-01
June 6th, 1944: nearly 130,000 Allied soldiers storm Normandy's beaches, initiating the liberation of France from the...
Air Date: 2019-01-01
E2 49min July 10th, 1943: the Allied troops land in Sicily and open a new breach in the Nazi empire. Crucial to thi...
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E3 51min August 29, 1949: four years after the U.S. drops the first atomic bomb, the Soviets test one. No one expec...
Air Date: 2019-01-01
E451m98% October 1962: The Cuban missile crisis. The world holds its breath under the imminent threat of a nuclear w...