Soviet Insight Officer Arnold Deutsch

Nate Perea 4 April 2017 Professor Kenneth David Period 4 How Spies Affected the Outcome of the Revolution The American’s and the British had many tactics to solving the enemy’s plans. One way of solving this was hiring Spies. Spies did everything from joining the enemy’s army, to volunteering to go behind enemy lines. Spies would risk anything to get the enemy’s plan. The Spies of the Revolution were very important because they helped figure out enemy plans, were willing to risk it all, and used secret coding to communicate. Spies were not only used by the Americans, but the British used them, too. They had their differences, but they also had many things in common. They both used “invisible ink”. Invisible ink consisted of a mixture of

Because of all of the fears the Americans obtained from the Soviet Union and their communism, the U.S. government began to scour for Soviet Union spies attempting to purloin top-secret atomic weapons information and deliver it to the Soviet Union to assume their enemy’s next move. According to the text,“Evidence of a spy ring operating within the U.S. was quickly discovered. In 1950, the U.S. learned that David Greenglass, a machinist who assisted in building atomic bombs for the military in New Mexico, had

The Soviet Union first learned of the American atomic bomb how? *through the use of espionage*

The USSR “perceived this as a serious threat” (Brezhkov), in comparison, Stalin's actions were viewed as threats to the West. With increased tensions between the two nations, the Cold War was soon to break out. Moving forward, in the year of 1952, the United States had successfully exploded a new hydrogen bomb “The detonation destroyed the island and sent up a three-mile-wide mushroom cloud” (Glider-Lehrman). Seeing the successful testing of a new bomb, that was supposedly stronger than an atomic one, would put any nation in a defensive state. Amidst the Cold War, the hydrogen bomb test of 1952 would result in the Soviets being constantly aware of the major threat the US has now imposed for many years to come.

The KGB gave highest honors, along with British intelligence to their Cold War spies for their valiant efforts in helping their motherland towards victory (Russia Honors its Cold War Spies 1). Part of their efforts were feeding false provinces to those on the communist side of Berlin to gain edge to lead to their eventual toppling (Russia Honors its Cold War Spies 1). The Jewish people of this era gave trust to Joseph Stalin's empty promises that they could gain refuge during this Nazi forsaken time (Russia Honors its Cold War Spies 2). Koval, as formally known, was one of Russia's most prospering spies; he gained possibly some of the most important, undisclosed information to help the Soviets during both the Cold War and World War II (Russia Honors its Cold War Spies 2). However, Ivan, though wrongfully accused was a liability to his country (Solzhenitsyn forward). He gave up zero information though, protecting his motherland from Axis adversaries. "It was strange when you came to think of it. [...] The black herd of zeks. One of them, in the same sort of jacket as the rest, Shch-311, had never known life without golden epaulettes, had been pals with a British admiral, and here he was hauling a handbarrow with Fetyukov." (Solzhenitsyn 89). This shows how loyal Ivan was to the cause of the Allies as well as his undying support of

On September 30, 1944 “Document 1”Tells how bad the the atomic bomb was and telling them that they should be carefull”. Not only do WE (US) know about the bomb also Great Britain do,

In a nutshell, these arguments surround the notion that Truman had taken over Roosevelt’s policies. These policies were driven by the determination to end the war with minimal U.S. casualties. However, dropping the atomic bombs would also in a sense serve as a “diplomatic bonus” where the Soviets were concerned. Moreover, Bernstein attempts to explain the reasons for why alternative methods hadn’t been seriously considered and whether or not these methods could have been successful at the time (Major Problems in the History of World War II, pg.

When the Soviet Union came into possession of a nuclear bomb, the realization that the horrific aftermath, much like the one in Hiroshima, could happen in America struck fear into Americans.

Now you may be wondering about who these spies were, well one successful spy was Mary Bowser. There is not a lot of records on Mary, not even her actual birthday. However Mary was a Union spy and known as the best civil war spy. She had her own spy network and got a job as a servant in the confederate white house. She would clean the desk of Davis and was always had one eye our for information. She would use the same bakery man that Miss Van Lewis would use to transfer information. After the civil war Mary became a teacher for the free slaves and all of her records were disposed so she doesn't get

The Rosenbergs were not the first communist spies during the Cold War, or the

Spies meant a lot to our country and to the British colony.”Bakeless. Spies of the revolution. Place of publication not identified: Harpercollins, 1962. Print”. There is many spies who were caught but some lived to tell their story. No one really knows why someone would risk their life for really nothing in return. But we are glad they did. Now that the spies made history back in the early days of war, spies still exist. They are usually rare because we have so much better technology. Like drones, many bots, etc. Invisible letters are not used in today’s society nor are mask letters. Most likely because of the modern society’s knowledge and they are more cautious than the old days. We would like to

Despite his humble background, this mastermind, a man who had “never taken a course in espionage”, was able lay the roots for an anti-Nazi spy network in 1939 that would become one of the most expansive and powerful espionage organizations ever to exist. Leopold Trepper, originally an agent for russian intelligence (GRU), directed seven networks within the organization, known as the “Trepper Group”, which was spread throughout Germany, France, and Belgium. The Trepper Group soon joined with two other spy networks: the Schulze-Boysen/ Harnack group in Berlin, and the Red Three in Switzerland (which was closely affiliated with the Lucy Spy Ring, another anti-Nazi network in Switzerland). Together, they wreaked havoc upon the Nazi empire for the entirety of WWII, eventually earning the name “The Red Orchestra” from the Gestapo. The Red Orchestra was able to contribute to the eventual fall of the Nazi Regime by helping many people targeted by the Nazis to escape to safety, promoting anti-Nazism and resistance, and most importantly, stealing and intercepting German intelligence and giving it to the Allies.

The Red Orchestra is one of the best-known espionage cases because the records of them were not destroyed. The Red Orchestra was also known as the “Red Three”, because the group consisted of three main branches.: the networks in France, Belgium and Holland (Brown). The Berlin branch was the most well known of them all. The Berlin branch also known as “Lucy” spy ring was well known because of the speed they were able to get information from Germany to the Soviet Union (“THE LUCY SPY’).

Aleksandur Deineka's painting entitled, Stakhanov Workers (Stakhanovites), embodies the Stalinist vision of the good society through the creation of "Homo Sovieticas."  After the Russian Revolution, Stalin and other leaders of the Socialist party wished to transform their tattered and broken country into a global symbol of heightened modernity.  In order to accomplish this mission, Stalin sought to demolish the old social order and reinvent the Russian people into ideal soviet subjects to be used to further the country's modernization process.  According to Stalin, this model citizen, known as "homo sovieticas" possessed the primary identity of a worker while placing all other defining characteristics of an individual aside, including: sex,

For Kipling, it was essential that a successful intelligence organization recruited from a target region employed expert linguists and, where possible, exploited those who already worked in the enemy's senior ranks. The hiring of local Asian agents was common practice. Attachés, consuls and news writers the name given to local spies hired by British political officers gradually became a more permanent arrangement.