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If there were ever the highest form of praise that an enemy can give to a spy, it was the one the German Gestapo gave to Virgina Hall when they called her "the most dangerous allied spy". Hall was a classic World War II spy in many ways including her many aliases of "Germaine", Camille", "Diane", and "Marie Monin". Even her arch enemies, the Germans had a nickname for Virginia Hall which was "Artemis".
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We often think of spying in World War II as something that is done alone by one intrepid and very courageous individual. The movies and spy novels have created a myth of James Bond and other cartoonish spies that are able to do amazing things working alone. But in almost all cases, the spies who were able to do serious damage to the German and Axis war efforts were working with an underground network of secretive operatives, any of which could be considered just as amazing and courageous as any movie hero you ever met.
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Next to 911, Pearle Harbor may have been the most dramatic shaking of our nation's sense of security in our history. While that attack eventually backfired on Japan because it mobilized the American people to defeat the axis powers, it did accomplish the goal of instilling a great deal of concern that Japan would be able to dominate the war effort and eventually defeat us because they were able to pull off such a stunning blow as bombing our navy while in port.
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Much of the drama of stories of conflict in World War II revolve around the great battles of the times. While those were spectacular, the great victories of the war could not have been possible if not for the tireless and courageous efforts of hundreds of spies and operatives to did their job to give the allied powers the edge in the conflict and to undermine the effort of the enemy every step of the way.
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In every war, there are legendary spies who do great things for their side through clever or secretive means. When we look back on a great war like World War II, we have to take a moment and notice that even our enemies had some legendary characters worth noting. Even if they were sworn to our destruction, the fact that they were great spies who accomplished amazing things cannot be diminished.
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