Tag: Spies and counter intelligence

• Edith Cavell, a British Nurse Employed in Belgium, Was Executed by the Germans After Being Found Guilty of Assisting over 200 Allied Soldiers to Escape to England. October 12, 1915.

  Image: The Execution of Edith Cavell (Public Domain) On this day in history, October 12, 1915, in the early morning hours, Edith Cavell, a British nurse employed in Belgium, was executed by the Germans after being found guilty of assisting over 200 Allied soldiers to escape to England. During her trial, she admitted openly to…

  October 12, 2023

  1910s, Edith Cavell, Execution, History Daily, military history, Spies, World War 1

  1910s, Edith Cavell, Execution, History Daily, military history, Spies and counter intelligence, World War 1

• During World War II, Six German Saboteurs Who Clandestinely Infiltrated the United States on an Operation to Attack its Civil Infrastructure were Executed by the Americans for Spying. August 8, 1942.

  August 8, 2023

  1940s, Uncategorized

  1940s, American History, event & history, History Daily, Spies and counter intelligence, World War II