The following is an incomplete list of notable spies during World War II.
Spies for China + Person Notes Reference(s)Lo Ta-yu Chinese intelligence officer recruited in 1935 by Chi Shi-ying’s Northeast Association and the September 18th Alliance. He later led underground anti-Japanese operations in Manchuria until his arrest by Japanese forces in 1945. Codename: 魏中誠 Liang Su-yung Joined Chi Shih-ying’s intelligence network in 1939 under Lo Ta-yu’s leadership, operating within Japanese-occupied Manchuria and transmitting information to Chongqing. Codename: 王桂林
Spies for France + Person Notes Reference(s)Peggy Taylor Taylor was a French spy who shot and killed a German Gestapo colonel when she was 21. WW2 spy always had her lipstick, revolver - Canada - CBC News 4Gabrielle Bonheur (spy) Gabrielle was a French Nazi spy who reported information to French colony. Was later accused.
Spies for Germany + Person Notes Reference(s)Mathilde Carré Carré was a double agent. La Chatté: The lost tale of a double agent.... |New HistoriesCoco Chanel Chanel was a Nazi spy, proven in declassified documents by historian Hal Vaughan in 2011. Vaughan, Hal (2011). "Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War." New York: Knopf. pp. 160–64. ISBN 978-0307592637.Harold Cole Cole betrayed the French resistance. He was shot and killed by French police in 1946. Murphy, Brendan. Turncoat (). (page 19)Astrid Dövle Dollis Dahlgren She was a Norwegian employed by the Germans. Fritz Duquesne was a former Boer soldier and big-game hunter who had spied for Imperial Germany in WWI, and was the ringleader of the Duquesne Spy Ring in the US during WWII . Jessie Jordan Scottish hairdesser actually arrested in 1937 and imprisoned until she could be deported Horst Kopkow Kopkow was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of captured Allied agents. British Intelligence and the Nazi Recruit |History TodayElyesa Bazna Code name Cicero; worked for the British ambassador in Ankara and photographed many top-secrets documents for Nazi GermanyEdward Kerling Kerling was the leader of Operation Pastorius. Executed in 1942.Herbert Hans Haupt Haupt was a member of Operation Pastorius. Executed in 1942.Richard KauderKauder was the leader of the Max and Moritz Networks supplying rumours and convincing made-up reports on Soviet Union and Mediterranean region from Sofia
Spies for Italy + Person Notes Reference(s)Carmelo Borg Pisani Carmelo Borg Pisani was a Maltese-born artist and Italian Fascist who, on being discovered during an espionage mission in Malta, was found guilty by a British war tribunal and executed for treason.Rodolfo Siviero Siviero was an Italian secret agent, art historian and intellectual, most notable for his important work in recovering artworks stolen from Italy during the Second World War as part of the 'Nazi plunder'. Pino Lella Lella claimed to have led Jews fleeing Italy through the Alps into Switzerland to freedom and later, as a Nazi, to have passed information to the Italian resistance. Critics note that none of his claims have been corroborated, either by those he claimed to rescue or by the Italian resistance and that such claims might have been self-serving fabrications to avoid recriminations after World War II for enlisting as a Nazi.
Spies for the Netherlands + Person Notes Reference(s)Dirk Klop Klop was killed in the Venlo Incident. Captain S. Payne Best, "The Venlo Incident", first published by Hutchinson & Co,1950. p9
Spies for Japan + Person Notes Reference(s)Frederick Rutland Was a former WWI British naval aviation officer who was paid by the Japanese to spy on American military aviation developments in California and Hawaii before Pearl Harbor. William Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill Was a Scottish Peer and British Royal Air Force Officer who passed military secrets to the Japanese before Pearl Harbor. Velvalee Dickinson Known as the Doll Woman, Dickinson used her New York City Doll shop as a base of operations to spy on the US Navy and send stenographic messages to her Japanese handlers in South America. She was caught by the FBI in 1944 and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Patrick Stanley Vaughan Heenan Heenan was a British Indian Army Captain who used radio equipment to transmit intelligence to Japanese forces during the Battle of Malay. His espionage was discovered by his fellow officers, and he was summarily executed before the British defeat in the Battle of Singapore.
Spies for Poland + Person Notes Reference(s)Roman Czerniawski Czerniawski was a D-Day spy. The D-Day Spies, Part III: Roman Czerniawski | WWII | Command Posts'Double Cross' and 'Agent Garbo' - NYTimes.comJan Kowalewski Kowaleski helped Poland achieve victory in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw. Jan Kowalewski by Timoteus Elmo |9786138225362| Barnes & NobleAndrzej Kowerski (also called Andrew Kennedy) Kowerski was a Lieutenant for Poland during the war. Kazimierz Leski Leski was a pilot during the war. He was captured and went to prison, and then he escaped. Kazimierz Leski Honorary Citizen of Warsaw
Spies for the Soviet Union + Person Notes Reference(s)Alexandru Nicolschi He was a Soviet spy. Admitted Soviet Spies: Whittaker Chambers, Elizabeth Bentley, Aldrich Ames, Alexandru Nicolschi, Louis F. Budenz, David Greenglass, John AnthRichard Sorge Worked in Japan and Germany; Passed Information about Japan were crucial for the Soviet victory in Operation Barbarossa
Spies for Sweden + Person Notes Reference(s)Karin Lannby Lannby was a spy for Sweden. Stockholm - The Casablanca of the North - Radio Sweden |Sveriges Radio
Spies for the United Kingdom
+ Person Notes Reference(s)Sverre Bergh Bergh spied on missile facilities in Germany. He illegally moved German plans Wasserfall surface-to-air-missiles out of Germany. Quisling aircraft used in espionage coup - AftenpostenBlanche Charlet Charlet worked with SOE, a British organization that went against the Axis powers. Images of war and peace |News| The GuardianRoman Czerniawski Czerniawski was a D-Day spy. Madeleine Damerment Damerment worked for SOE and was later shot. Noor Inayat KhanClaude Dansey Dansey was assistant chief of the SIS. Claude DanseyWilfred Dunderdale Dunderdale was a commander during the war. Real 'James Bond' revealed in MI6 archives - TelegraphIan Fleming Fleming was a Lieutenant Commander RNVR in the British NID and was a key member of the NID 17. World War II (1939 - 1945) | Ian Fleming PublicationsJuan Pujol García (a.k.a. Garbo and Alaric) A Spanish double agent loyal to Great Britain, García played a key role deceiving Nazi Germany during Operation Fortitude, delaying reinforcements from Nazi Germany to Normandy. Tor Glad (a.k.a. Jeff) John Moe - TelegraphKurt Glauber Glauber was a Jewish Austrian who escaped to Britain. He joined MI6. On his second mission, part of which involved gathering information on Nazi Nuclear developments, he was betrayed. Glauber was severely brutalized by the Nazis for being both a Jew and a British spy, refused to reveal any information. He was murdered in Mauthausen Concentration Camp. Graham Greene Greene was involved in the SIS (also known as MI6). Christopher Hawtree. "A Muse on the tides of history: Elisabeth Dennys". The Guardian, 10 February 1999. Retrieved 16 April 2011.Virginia Hall Hall was a spy for the SOE, American OSS and the CIA. Note that the OSS was a precursor to the CIA. CIA Kids Page - History - Virginia HallMary Katherine Herbert Herbert worked as a translator at Air Ministry in London after working with the British Embassy. Ron Jeffery Ron Jeffery by Ben Stacy Jerrik (Editor) - New, Rare & Used Books Online at Alibris MarketplaceNoor Inayat Khan Khan was a SOE agent and became the first female wireless operator to be sent into occupied France to aid the French Resistance during the war. Noor Inayat Khan: remembering Britain's Muslim war heroineAndrzej Kowerski (also called Andrew Kennedy) Kowerski was a Lieutenant for Poland during the war. Lionel Lee Lee was a British Jew. He joined MI6. On his second mission, he was betrayed. and captured. Lee was murdered in the Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp. Patrick Leigh Fermor Leigh Fermor was an SOE operative in Heraklion, Crete, who abducted the German General Heinrich Kreipe to Egypt. Patrick Leigh FermorStewart Menzies THE OLDEST BOY OF BRITISH INTELLIGENCE - New York TimesMerlin Minshall Minshall worked for Ian Fleming as a spy. Ian Fleming - Biography - IMDbJohn "Helge" Moe (a.k.a. Mutt) Eileen Nearne Nearne was a SOE for the United Kingdom. . Retrieved 10 September 2010.Jacqueline Nearne Eileen Nearne, Wartime Spy, Dies at 89Paddy O'Sullivan O'Sullivan was a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. John Pendlebury Pendlebury worked for the British intelligence. Women in Old World ArchaeologyPaddy Ridsdale Ridsdale was Ian Fleming's secretary. FlemingPeter Smithers Smithers helped Ian Fleming collect German spies in Britain. Peter Smithers Dies at 92; Spy With a Green Thumb - New York TimesViolette Szabo 6-Violette Szabo memorial tour - World War Two HeritageHalina Szymańska Szymańska had a French identity card, which identified her as a Marie Clenat. She used this card to aid Britain. Nigel WestCol. Ted Tingling Tinlin was a colonel for the British intelligence. Ted Tinling, Designer, dies at 79;A Combiner of Tennis and Lace - New York TimesJona von Ustinov Ustinov was a British spy. Klop: Britain's Most Ingenious Spy by jaden wells review - Jona von Ustinov's gripping story |Books|Entertainment|Daily ExpressValentine Patrick Terrell Vivian Records of the Foreign Office: Permanent Under Secretary's Department files|The National ArchivesPearl Witherington Witherington was known by many names. Pearl Cornioley, Resistance Fighter Who Opposed the Nazis, Is Dead at 93 - New York TimesForest Frederick Edward "Tommy" Yeo-Thomas Yeo-Thomas was a SOE agent. F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas - SOE Agents in France
Spies for the United States