Spy Web

Japanese fascination with the West culminated at the turn of the century with the foundation of an elaborate espionage network based on the need for military intelligence.

The French had a sophisticated intelligence network, which was actively useful during WWI and went on to confront the Bolsheviks during the inter-war years.

One of the former Soviet Union's greatest espionage operations ended when two young Englishmen fled from Southampton Dock on March 25, 1951.

During both World Wars, Britain's counter-espionage service proved highly effective--no enemy spies operated for more than a few days.

A look at the role intelligence-collection ships played in all the major conflicts in the 20th century.

A frightening review of the infamous Russian Bolshevik organization that took control as Lenin's feared secret police.

An unprepossessing Victorian mansion 50 miles north of London, Bletchley Park became Station X before World War II.

In WWII, U.S. technical and economic superiority allowed the West to stay ahead of the Soviet Union in the race for the atomic bomb.

The fascinating story of 20th-century efforts to break down enemy signal security, to protect the sender's signals, and penetrate enemy secret communications.

In a series focusing on 20th-century espionage, we focus on the Komitet Gosudarstvennoe Bezopasnosti.

Referred to as the GRU, the Glavnoe Razvedyvatelnoe Upravlenie was created in 1918 and served as the Soviet Union's chief military intelligence group.