1988 ⟶ Kim Philby's Death in Moscow
Kim Philby (Harold Adrian Russell Philby), the high-ranking ...
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🕵️ Gouzenko Defection Exposes Soviet Spying
Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet agent working in the Soviet embassy in Canada, defects and provides proof to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police of a Soviet spy ring operating in Canada and the U.S. The revelations help change perceptions of the Soviet Union from an ally to a foe.⟶
USSRSoviet UnionSpyingCanadaUnited StatesCold WarIntelligenceEspionageDefection
✈️ U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down Over USSR
American pilot Francis Gary Powers is shot down in his U-2 spy plane while flying at high altitude over the Soviet Union, resulting in the U-2 Incident, an embarrassment for President Eisenhower.⟶
U-2 Incidentspy planeUSSoviet UnionCold WarespionageEisenhowerpoliticsintelligence
🕵️ Kim Philby Defects to the Soviet Union & Portuguese Guinea War Begins
Kim Philby, the leader of the Cambridge Five, defects to the Soviet Union from Beirut. The fight for independence in Portuguese Guinea begins.⟶
EspionageCold WarSoviet UnionDefectionCambridge FiveDecolonizationPortuguese GuineaAfrica
🇬🇧 105 Soviet Officials Expelled from Great Britain
105 Soviet officials expelled from Great Britain by Prime Minister Edward Heath in Operation FOOT.⟶
UKUSSREspionageCold WarDiplomacyPoliticsEuropeIntelligence
🕵️ Soviet Spy Dieter Gerhardt Arrested
Soviet spy Dieter Gerhardt is arrested in New York.⟶
EspionageSoviet UnionCold WarIntelligenceUSGerhardt
🪦 Kim Philby's Death in Moscow
Kim Philby (Harold Adrian Russell Philby), the high-ranking UK intelligence officer who defected to the Soviet Union, dies in Moscow.⟶
espionageintelligencedefectionSoviet UnionCold WarUKMI6KGB