Spies of War

August 29, 1949: four years after the US drops the first atomic bomb, the Soviets drop one. No-one expected it so soon. Behind the scenes of this major event of the cold war, the Soviets developed one of the biggest networks of moles of the century. In this episode of 'Spies of War', you will discover how and why brilliant scientists divulged the secrets of the atomic bomb to the sworn enemy of the US, and how US counter-intelligence services cracked their codes to expose the leaks.

October 1962: The world holds its breath under the threat of a nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. Behind the scenes, one of the greatest spies of the century plays a crucial role to help Kennedy stand up to Khrushchev. This episode of 'Spies of War' reveals the remarkable achievements of Oleg Penkovsky, a Soviet officer working for the CIA. Discover how he betrayed USSR to be a mole to the West and relive his incredible life until its tragic end to see how he prevented World War III.

July 10, 1943: The Allied troops land in Sicily and open a new breach in the Nazi empire. Two months earlier, the corpse of a British officer was discovered on a Spanish beach, carrying confidential documents that revealed a military landing in the Balkans. The Germans immediately seized this valuable information... It was, in fact, a British ruse to deceive them about the real landing. In this episode of 'Spies of War,' you will relive all the details of this extraordinary darkly humorous ploy.