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The Double-Cross System or XX System was a World War II counter-espionage and deception operation of the British Security Service (MI5). Nazi agents in Britain โ real and false โ were captured, turned themselves in or simply announced themselves, and were then used by the British to broadcast mainly โฆ See more
The main form of communication that agents used with their handlers was secret writing. Letters were intercepted by the postal censorship โฆ See more
The British put their double-agent network to work in support of Operation Fortitude, a plan to deceive the Germans about the location of the See more
โข Artist โ Johnny Jebsen
โข Balloon โ Dickie Metcalf
โข Basket โ Joseph Lenihan
โข Beetle โฆ See moreJuly 1940The Abwehr begins an espionage campaign against Britain involving intelligence gathering and sabotage.September-November 1940MI5 captures or turns almost all of the German spies sent to Britain.September 1940Gösta Caroli and Wulf Schmidt (Tate) land in Britain by parachute and are turned into double agents.Early 1941Walter Dicketts (Celery) is sent to Lisbon to meet Arthur Owens' (Snow) German spymaster, Nikolaus Ritter.1942 onwardsMI5 stops receiving new German agents and relies on existing double agents and fictitious sub-agents.1943-1944The double-cross system supports Operation Fortitude, a plan to deceive the Germans about the location of the Normandy Landings.June 1944 onwardsThe double-cross system helps to mislead the Germans about the impact and damage of the V-weapons attacks on Britain.It was not only in the United Kingdom that the system was operated. A number of agents connected with the system were run in neutral Spain โฆ See more
The British noticed that, during the V-1 flying bomb attacks of 1944, the weapons were falling 2โ3 mi (3โ5 km) short of Trafalgar Square, โฆ See more
โข Crowdy, Terry (20 December 2011). Deceiving Hitler: Double-Cross and Deception in World War II. Osprey Publishing See more
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