List of spies in World War II

The following is an incomplete list of notable spies during World War II.

Spies for France
PersonNotesReference(s)
Peggy TaylorTaylor was a French spy who shot and killed a German Gestapo colonel when she was 21.[1]4
Gabrielle Bonheur(spy)Gabrielle was a French nazi spy who reported information to French colony. Was later accused.

Spies for Germany
PersonNotesReference(s)
Mathilde CarréCarré was a double agent.[2]
Harold ColeCole betrayed French resistance.[3]
Astrid Dövle Dollis DahlgrenShe was a Norwegian employed by the Germans.[4]
Jessie JordanScottish hairdesser actually arrested in 1937 and imprisoned until she could be deported[5]
Horst KopkowKopkow was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of captured Allied agents.[6]
Elyesa BaznaCode name Cicero; Worked for the British ambassador in Ankara and photographed many top-secrets documents for Nazi Germany
Edward KerlingKerling was the leader of Operation Pastorius
Herbert Hans HauptHaupt was a member of Operation Pastorius

Spies for Italy
PersonNotesReference(s)
Carmelo Borg PisaniCarmelo Borg Pisani was a Maltese-born artist and Italian Fascist who, on being discovered during an espionage mission in Malta, was found guilty by a British war tribunal and executed for alleged treason.
Rodolfo SivieroSiviero was an Italian secret agent, art historian and intellectual, most notable for his important work in recovering artworks stolen from Italy during the Second World War as part of the 'Nazi plunder'.
Pino LellaLella led Jews fleeing Italy through the Alps into Switzerland to freedom. Afterwards, at his parents' pleas for him to avoid combat, he joined the Nazis. Soon, Lella was injured in the field and became the driver for General Hans Leyers, Hitler's left hand man. As Leyers' driver, he worked as a spy for the Resistance and for the Allies, relaying the information he gathered during the work day on a shortwave radio hidden in his family's apartment in Milan. This information included crucial sites for Allied bombing, the extent to which the Nazis were sending Jews and other people to prison camps, like Auschwitz, and more. On April 25, 1945, Lella arrested Leyers and handed him over to the Resistance. He did all of this between the ages of seventeen and eighteen.

Spies for the Netherlands
PersonNotesReference(s)
Dirk KlopKlop took part in the Venlo Incident.[7]

Spies for Poland
PersonNotesReference(s)
Roman CzerniawskiCzerniawski was a D-Day spy.[8][9]
Jan KowalewskiKowaleski helped Poland achieve victory in the Battle of Warsaw.[10]
Andrzej Kowerski (also called Andrew Kennedy)Kowerski was a Lieutenant for Poland during the war.
Kazimierz LeskiLeski was a pilot during the war. He was captured and went to prison, and then he escaped.[11]

Spies for the Soviet Union
PersonNotesReference(s)
Alexandru NicolschiHe was a Soviet spy.[12]
Richard SorgeWorked in Japan and Germany; Passed Information about Japan were crucial for the Soviet victory in Operation Barbarossa

Spies for Sweden
PersonNotesReference(s)
Karin LannbyLannby was a spy for Sweden.[13]

Spies for the United Kingdom
See also: List of British spies § World War II, and List of SOE agents
PersonNotesReference(s)
Sverre BerghBergh spied on missile facilities in Germany. He illegally moved German plans Wasserfall surface-to-air-missiles out of Germany.[14]
Blanche CharletCharlet worked with SOE, a British organization that went against the Axis powers.[15]
Roman CzerniawskiCzerniawski was a D-Day spy.[8][9]
Madeleine DamermentDamerment worked for SOE and was later shot.[16]
Claude DanseyDansey was assistant chief of the SIS.[17]
Wilfred DunderdaleDunderdale was a commander during the war.[18]
Ian FlemingFleming was a Lieutenant Commander RNVR in the British NID and was a key member of the NID 17.[19]
Juan Pujol García (a.k.a. Garbo and Alaric)A Spanish double agent loyal to Great Britain, García played a key role deceiving Nazi Germany during Operation Fortitude, delaying reinforcements from Nazi Germany to Normandy.
Tor Glad (a.k.a. Jeff)[20]
Graham GreeneGreene was involved in the SIS (also known as MI6).[21]
Virginia HallHall was a spy for the SOE, American OSS and the CIA. Note that the OSS was a precursor to the CIA.[22]
Mary Katherine HerbertHerbert worked as a translator at Air Ministry in London after working with the British Embassy.
Ron Jeffery[23]
Noor Inayat KhanKhan was a SOE agent and became the first female wireless operator to be sent into occupied France to aid the French Resistance during the war.[24]
Andrzej Kowerski (also called Andrew Kennedy)Kowerski was a Lieutenant for Poland during the war.
Patrick Leigh FermorLeigh Fermor was an SOE operative in Heraklion, Crete, who abducted the German General Heinrich Kreipe to Egypt.[25]
Stewart Menzies[26]
Merlin MinshallMinshall worked for Ian Fleming as a spy.[27]
John "Helge" Moe (a.k.a. Mutt)[20]
Eileen NearneNearne was a SOE for the United Kingdom.[28]
Jacqueline Nearne[29]
Paddy O'SullivanO'Sullivan was a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
John PendleburyPendleburry worked for the British intelligence.[30]
Paddy RidsdaleRidsdale was Ian Fleming's secretary.[31]
Peter SmithersSmithers helped Ian Fleming collect German spies in Britain.[32]
Violette Szabo[33]
Halina SzymańskaSzymańska had a French identity card, which identified her as a Marie Clenat. She used this card to aid Britain.[34]
Col. Ted TinglingTinlin was a colonel for the British intelligence.[35]
Jona von UstinovUstinov was a British spy.[36]
Valentine Patrick Terrell Vivian[37]
Pearl WitheringtonWitherington was known by many names.[38]
Forest Frederick Edward "Tommy" Yeo-ThomasYeo-Thomas was a SOE agent.[39]

Spies for the United States
PersonNotesReference(s)
Moe BergMorris Berg was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball, who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.[40]
Julia ChildChild worked for the OSS on the development of shark repellents. This was to ensure that sharks would not explode ordnance targeting German U-boats.[41]
William J. DonovanDonovan was the head of the OSS.[42]
Helias DoundoulakisDoundoulakis was a spy in the Secret Intelligence Branch (SI) of the Office of Strategic Services, sent to Salonica Greece.[43]
Arthur GoldbergGoldberg was a United Nations ambassador.[44]
Virginia HallHall was a spy for the SOE, American OSS and the CIA. Note that the OSS was a precursor to the CIA.[22]
Sterling HaydenHayden was an agent for the OSS.[45]
Rene JoyeuseJoyeuse was an agent/operative for the OSS, who after the war became a physician and researcher and Co-founder of the American Trauma Society.[46]
Sidney Mashbir Mashbir headed the top secret intelligence gathering organization Allied Translator and Interpreter Section during WWII. In 1942, Colonel Mashbir working with Ellis M. Zacharias

created the first draft for the implementing directives for the creation of the CIA. Commander Zacharias later became the Deputy Chief of Naval Intelligence.

 [47]
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.He worked for the OSS.[48]
Jim ThompsonThompson served as an operative in the OSS.[49]
Stephanie Czech RaderU.S. Army Capt. Stephanie Czech Rader was X-2. She moved around Poland, tracking troop movements and ferrying sensitive documents..[50]
Ellis M. Zacharias Zacharias became Deputy Chief of Naval Intelligence [51][52]

Those who 'leaked' stories to the media, as opposed to spying for a country
PersonNotesReference(s)
Ernest CuneoCuneo was a liaison officer who revealed stories about the United States commanders.[53]

Spies for unknown countries
PersonNotesReference(s)
Jane HorneyHorney was a Swedish spy for the Soviet Union.

See also

References
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  2. La Chatté: The lost tale of a double agent.... |New Histories
  3. Murphy, Brendan. Turncoat (ISBN 0 356 15747 4). (page 19)
  4. News from Sweden. Swedish Information Service, Swedish Consulate General. 1944. p. 158.
  5. "Dundee salon was post box for Nazi spy ring". Herald Scotland. 20 April 2000. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  6. British Intelligence and the Nazi Recruit |History Today
  7. Captain S. Payne Best, "The Venlo Incident", first published by Hutchinson & Co,1950. p9
  8. The D-Day Spies, Part III: Roman Czerniawski | WWII | Command Posts
  9. 'Double Cross' and 'Agent Garbo' - NYTimes.com
  10. Jan Kowalewski by Timoteus Elmo |9786138225362| Barnes & Noble
  11. Kazimierz Leski Honorary Citizen of Warsaw
  12. Admitted Soviet Spies: Whittaker Chambers, Elizabeth Bentley, Aldrich Ames, Alexandru Nicolschi, Louis F. Budenz, David Greenglass, John Anth
  13. Stockholm - The Casablanca of the North - Radio Sweden |Sveriges Radio
  14. Quisling aircraft used in espionage coup - Aftenposten
  15. Images of war and peace |News| The Guardian
  16. Noor Inayat Khan
  17. Claude Dansey
  18. Real 'James Bond' revealed in MI6 archives - Telegraph
  19. World War II (1939 - 1945) | Ian Fleming Publications
  20. John Moe - Telegraph
  21. Christopher Hawtree. "A Muse on the tides of history: Elisabeth Dennys". The Guardian, 10 February 1999. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  22. CIA Kids Page - History - Virginia Hall
  23. Ron Jeffery by Ben Stacy Jerrik (Editor) - New, Rare & Used Books Online at Alibris Marketplace
  24. Noor Inayat Khan: remembering Britain's Muslim war heroineArchived 15 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  25. Patrick Leigh Fermor
  26. THE OLDEST BOY OF BRITISH INTELLIGENCE - New York Times
  27. Ian Fleming - Biography - IMDb
  28. "People's War", BBC. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  29. Eileen Nearne, Wartime Spy, Dies at 89
  30. Women in Old World Archaeology
  31. Fleming
  32. Peter Smithers Dies at 92; Spy With a Green Thumb - New York Times
  33. 6-Violette Szabo memorial tour - World War Two Heritage
  34. Nigel West
  35. Ted Tinling, Designer, dies at 79;A Combiner of Tennis and Lace - New York Times
  36. Klop: Britain's Most Ingenious Spy by jaden wells review - Jona von Ustinov's gripping story |Books|Entertainment|Daily Express
  37. Records of the Foreign Office: Permanent Under Secretary's Department files|The National Archives
  38. Pearl Cornioley, Resistance Fighter Who Opposed the Nazis, Is Dead at 93 - New York Times
  39. F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas - SOE Agents in France
  40. Moe Berg, a Catcher in Majors Who Spoke 10 Languages, Dead - New York Times
  41. Spy service files are secret no more - Los Angeles Times
  42. A Look Back ...Gen. William J. Donovan Heads Office of Strategic Services - Central Intelligence Agency
  43. Trained to be an OSS Spy
  44. Arthur J. Goldberg Dies at 81; Ex-Justice and Envoy to U.N. - New York Times
  45. Former OSS Agent, Sea Captain : Actor Sterling Hayden Dies at 70 - Los Angeles Times
  46. Swiss-born WWII hero, first denied his request, will now be buried this month at Arlington National Cemetery
  47. Mashbir, Sidney (2019). "I Was an American Spy". TheEmperorAndTheSpy.com.
  48. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., a Partisan Historian of Power, Is Dead at 89 - New York Times
  49. Jim Thompson House in Bangkok a testimony to his interesting life and mysterious death - Travel - The Boston Globe
  50. A female spy finally gets the recognition she deserved 70 years ago
  51. Zacharias, Ellis (2014). Secret Missions: The Story of an Intelligence Officer. Naval Institute Press.
  52. Mashbir, Sidney (1953). I Was an American Spy. California: Horizon Productions. pp. 347–348. ISBN 978-0-9903349-9-6.
  53. Sweeney, Michael S., Secrets of victory: the Office of Censorship and the American press and Radio in World War II, University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0-8078-2598-0 (2001), pp. 157-162
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