Tag: Spying

Podcast

14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites

14th October 2022
Tagged as: Castro, Cold War, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev, Missile, Nuclear, Spying, U-2, USA

A U-2 spy plane captured images of the construction of a missile site on Cuba, triggering the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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15th August 1941: Last execution at the Tower of London takes place when German spy Josef Jakobs is killed by firing squad

15th August 2022
Tagged as: Britain, Espionage, Execution, Germany, London, Nazi, Parachute, Second World War, Spy, Spying, Tower of London

Josef Jakobs was found guilty of espionage by General Court Martial and taken to the miniature firing range at the Tower of London where he was strapped to a wooden Windsor chair and killed by firing squad at 7:12am.

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12th October 1915: British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad

12th October 2021
Tagged as: Belgium, Britain, Edith Cavell, Espionage, Execution, First World War, Germany, Spying

British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad during the First World War.

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10th February 1962: Captured U-2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers freed in a prisoner exchange

10th February 2021
Tagged as: Cold War, Espionage, Gary Powers, Reconnaissance, Spy, Spying, U-2, United States, USA, USSR

Powers had been sentenced to 10 years’ confinement in the USSR but, amidst concerns that he might reveal any remaining secrets to the Soviet authorities, the U.S. government agreed to exchange Powers and imprisoned student Frederic Pryor in return for Soviet Colonel Rudolf Abel.