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Death of Bandera
Over the course of the late 40’s and 50’s the MGB (Ministry of State Security) and later the KGB would attempt multiple assassinations and kidnappings of Stephan Bandera, while he was living out the later part of his life in Germany. It wouldn’t be until October 15, 1959, when they got lucky. Outside of his…
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Aradi’s Aiding
Aradia is given a secret task by the Americans, it is to inform all of his colleagues in the intelligence game that they were to go into hiding by January 15, 1947. The Americans were already requested by the Soviets to help them hunt for prisoners they wanted back, and while American never agreed or…
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Requesting Bandera Back
On October 15, 1946, Colonel-General P.A. Kurochkin, the deputy commander of the Soviet Military Administration, wrote to the Americans that they should arrest and return Stefan Bandera, to the Soviet Union to face punishment for his war crimes. Colonel-General Kurochkin was quoted in saying For these crimes committed against the Russian people, he should be…
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More Problem with Bandera
After World War Two Stephan Bandera moved to West Germany, where he lived under protection from the Soviets, even though the Soviet Union asked for all of their known citizen, who were known for committing war crimes, to be sent back to the Soviet Union, so they could be tried and punished. The allies refused…
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Myron Matvieyko
Myron Matvieyko had experience working in the German Abwehr as an intelligence agent during World War Two. During the war, when things started to turn against the Germans started working as a spy for the American, obtaining information and passing it on to the American. This led to Myron Matvieyko to develop a relationship with…
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Involving the Church
In October of 1946, a year before the CIA was founded, America was already planning their next foreign adventure. They wanted to contact Ukrainian partisan groups, but they knew it would be difficult. Ukraine wasn’t a country at the time, and the Ukraine hated both Poles and Russians. The only other country at the time…
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America’s First Steps to War in Ukraine
It would be April 1946 when America launched their first intelligence operation to gather intelligence on whether Ukrainian Nationalist groups could be a viable source of manpower again Russia. They already had some information on where to look for support, thanks to Operation Belladona. It was just a matter of getting support. America was able…
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Reactivating the Lithuanian Activist Front
Most people realize that the Office of Strategic Services was dissolved in 1945, and that the CIA started two years later in 1947. However, undenounced to the public, America did keep their espionage branch alive, with a group of people known as Strategic Services Unit. This was post-war predecessor of the CIA, which was formed…
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Discovering a Network
While Operation Ruppert had to be done to such secrecy, the OSS rarely received any information about Vinogradov, if ever. It wouldn’t be until April of 1945, when Vinogradov made contact again with the Allies, who have helped in this spy mission. However, upon his return he would bring back very important information. During his…
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Antisemitic Stalin
One of the most mysterious men of World War Two, had to be Joseph Stalin. Being born in Georgia and moving to Russia to be involved in a revolution, he is definitely an interesting man, similar to how Hitler is viewed in the west. Not only did he rule his country with an iron fist…