Name: Spies of War
Released: 2019-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Geoffrey Bateman

TV Show · Documentary · History

An examination of the role espionage has to play in war and peace, featuring the stories of everyone from Montagu to Penkovsky.

2019 · 50m

EPISODE 1

D-Day Spies, The

As the Allies stormed Normandy's beaches, MI5 agents worked on the biggest deception of the war - making the Germans believe that troops had other destinations.
EPISODE 2

Soldier Who Never Was, The

The story of the Allies' audacious Operation Mincemeat - their clever ruse to pass a dead tramp off as a British officer carrying top-secret papers.
EPISODE 3

Spy Who Prevented the War, The

Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky betrays the USSR when he helps Kennedy stand up to Khrushchev. Discover how he became a mole for the West and how he prevented World War III.
EPISODE 4

Atomic Spies, The

Discover why scientists revealed the secrets of America's Atomic bomb to their USSR enemies, and how US intelligence found the moles within their midst.

Season 1

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