The Double-Cross System or XX System was a World War II counter-espionage and deception operation of the British Security Service (MI5).
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Its main wartime success was taking the lead role in the now celebrated 'Double Cross System', which fed disinformation to Germany through turned German agents.
Feb 17, 2011 · Thirteen German agents were executed in Britain during the war, but more than three times that number had actively co-operated with their MI5 ...
Jun 2, 2020 · The best of the Double Cross agents, however, were men and women who were recruited by the Nazis but were anti-Nazi. Four or five of them had a ...
ABSTRACT. The success of British double-cross operations in World War Two is well-known. However, the techniques used by writers in MI5 to manipulate ...
This was the famous "Double Cross" system, a ... British subjects in enemy or enemy-occupied ... Also recently released are files on British Fascists, including Sir ...
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The amazing true story of how British intelligence penetrated and practically operated Nazi Germany's spy network within the British Isles.