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MUMBAI: The History Channel (THC) has a treat in store for
those who love stories on espionage, intrigue and spies. The
channel will kick off the series Spy Web from 3 October
at 10 pm.
The show will look at spies who worked in organisations like
the CIA, Mossad, KGB. Viewers will get the inside dope on
high tech gadgets, seductive secret agents, etc.
One episode looks at German intelligence in the second World
War. In the Third Reich there were two spy rivals who were
shrouded in mystery and sworn to secrecy. With thousands of
agents at their command, they were entrusted with Germany's
most sensitive intelligence operations in their second World
War. In the end, one man would kill for Hitler while the other
would end up betraying him.
There is also an episode that looks at the role of women
spies. They were unlikely heroes who fought behind enemy lines
in every theater of World War Two. Female spies unearthed
secrets, supported the resistance and destroyed the morale
of the enemy. The episode will look at women OSS agents dropped
behind enemy lines as well as female radio operators inside
the Third Reich.
The show also looks at
tools of deception. They are the means by which to confuse an enemy, forcing him
into making a fatal mistake. The show looks at decoy tanks and phony radio broadcasts
as well as the spy whose lies led Hitler to ruin. Tools of deception can be very
deadly weapons. Methods of camouflage, fakery and propaganda were used by both
sides to influence the enemy and control the battlefield during WWII.
Another episode scrutinises Israeli intelligence. Israel
has commissioned super sleuths for military intelligence,
kidnappings, assassinations and hostage rescues. The episode
looks at retributions against ex-Nazis after WW II as well
the establishment of the Mossad.
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