A spy is a person who secretly collects and reports information on the activities, movements, and plans of an enemy or competitor. Over the years movies have changed people 's view on spies. When the word spy comes to mind, James Bond is the ideal figure of a spy. Not only does modern movies give spies a false accusation, it distracts the main purpose of a spy. Espionage has been used since the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, which is based on the Hebrew Bible, speaks about Joshua and Caleb and the twelve spies while entering the Promised Land. Espionage is also a popular strategy during a time of war. In “Pandora’s Briefcase” the story supports the art of spying and tells about the most successful wartime deception ever attempted by
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Certain victories of the war could not be done without the courage and countless effort of hundreds of spies and operative doing the jobs to give the allied powers the edge in the conflict and to undermine the effort of the enemy. Many spies became known after World War II for their work against enemy forces, the majority of the spies never were discovered and will eventually become legends due to their fearless work. As I mentioned how movies give spies a false accusation, spies do the dirty work. Most of the time the work spies do is lonely, frightening, and dangerous. One of the requirements to be a spy is if (s)he gets captured, the spy has to give up his/hers life rather than compromise the mission. Not only do spies learn secrets of the enemies to give their forces the advantage in winning the war, but spies also obtain communication codes to allow the intelligence services to be able to listen in to the enemies when making war plans. There is no doubt that being a spy is difficult, but operation “Mincemeat” is the most complicated mission ever accomplished. At the end of the story “Pandora’s Briefcase”, it shows that the British spies were successful in this operation. The two masterminds behind the most successful wartime deception were Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu. The genius plan to identify a laborer as a Royal marine forced Adolf Hitler to send his troops to the wrong location. When a dead body was found floating in the sea off the coast of Spain, it set a course of events that would change the course of World War
Certain victories of the war could not be done without the courage and countless effort of hundreds of spies and operative doing the jobs to give the allied powers the edge in the conflict and to undermine the effort of the enemy. Many spies became known after World War II for their work against enemy forces, the majority of the spies never were discovered and will eventually become legends due to their fearless work. As I mentioned how movies give spies a false accusation, spies do the dirty work. Most of the time the work spies do is lonely, frightening, and dangerous. One of the requirements to be a spy is if (s)he gets captured, the spy has to give up his/hers life rather than compromise the mission. Not only do spies learn secrets of the enemies to give their forces the advantage in winning the war, but spies also obtain communication codes to allow the intelligence services to be able to listen in to the enemies when making war plans. There is no doubt that being a spy is difficult, but operation “Mincemeat” is the most complicated mission ever accomplished. At the end of the story “Pandora’s Briefcase”, it shows that the British spies were successful in this operation. The two masterminds behind the most successful wartime deception were Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu. The genius plan to identify a laborer as a Royal marine forced Adolf Hitler to send his troops to the wrong location. When a dead body was found floating in the sea off the coast of Spain, it set a course of events that would change the course of World War