Cambridge Five - Wikipedia
The Cambridge Five was a ring of spies in the United Kingdom that passed information to the Soviet Union during the Second World War and the Cold War and was active from the 1930s until at least the early 1950s. None of the known members were ever prosecuted for spying.
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’? - TheCollector
Jul 11, 2024 · Anthony Blunt, Guy Burgess, John Cairncross, Donald Maclean, and Kim Philby – known as the Cambridge Five – were elite British members of a KGB spy ring that penetrated the upper echelons of British intelligence.
MI5 files: The biggest secrets uncovered from the Cambridge
3 days ago · Agents feared film star Dirk Bogarde was a KGB target Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of an “entrapment” attempt by the KGB over rumours about his sexuality.
Traitors To The Crown: Who Were The Cambridge 5?
Aug 24, 2021 · While still studying at the University of Cambridge, Maclean, Burgees, Blunt, and Philby had all developed notions and ideas against capitalism and Western democracy, which left them sympathetic towards the USSR and vulnerable to KGB recruitment.
The Cambridge Five Spy Ring Passed WWII Secrets to the Soviet …
Jan 13, 2023 · In the years leading up to World War II, several communist sympathizers at Cambridge found work in British intelligence agencies after being recruited as Soviet spies. Recruited straight out of university, these British intelligence officers were secretly moles.
United Kingdom Declassifies Confessions of ‘Cambridge Five’ …
3 days ago · The Soviets recruited Philby, Blunt and Cairncross, as well as Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, in the 1930s at Cambridge University. Russia honored Blunt in 2010 with a plaque at the Foreign ...
Secret UK files detailing confessions of Cambridge Five spies
4 days ago · Philby and Blunt were, along with Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean and John Cairncross, part of the "Ring of Five" - former Cambridge University students who passed information to the Soviets from the ...
The Cambridge spy ring - BBC News
Sep 13, 1999 · In the 1930s a number of young men at Cambridge University were recruited as Soviet spies. They became known by the KGB as the 'magnificent five' but were better known in Britain as the...
Kim Philby: The MI6 double agent who spied for Russia
The son of a British diplomat, Kim Philby embraced communism as a Cambridge student in the early 1930s. His connections put him on the radar of a Soviet spymaster named Arnold Deutsch, who instructed him to break off contact with his communist friends in …
Secret UK Files Detailing Confessions of Cambridge Five Spies …
4 days ago · Philby and Blunt were, along with Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean and John Cairncross, part of the "Ring of Five" - former Cambridge University students who passed information to the Soviets from the ...
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