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  1. Daniel Finn. One man put a stop to Hitler’s march across Europe: not Stalin, Churchill, or Roosevelt, but a German Communist called Richard Sorge. Sorge was a real-life spy whose exploits surpassed any fictional creation, and one of the twentieth century’s great heroes. German Communist Richard Sorge, who spent nearly a decade in Tokyo ...

  2. Richard Sorge (Russian: Рихард Густавович Зорге, romanized: Rikhard Gustavovich Zorge; 4 October 1895 – 7 November 1944) was a German-born Russian journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during World War II and worked undercover as a German journalist in both Nazi Germany and the ...

  3. Mar 6, 2019 · By William Boyd. (Photo By ) When Richard Sorge – reputedly the greatest spy who ever lived – was executed by the Japanese on 7 November 1944 his last words were: “The Red Army!”, “The International Communist Party!” and “The Soviet Communist Party!”, all delivered in fluent Japanese to his captors. Sorge was bound hand and foot ...

  4. Mar 22, 2019 · Richard Sorge was the Soviet spy who stole one of the biggest secrets of the second world war: the precise details of Hitler’s invasion of the USSR in June 1941. Through brilliant espionage ...

  5. Jul 30, 2010 · The seductive spy Richard Sorge, a German in Japan, paved Stalin's path to victory. R ichard Sorge had just returned to Tokyo on June 22, 1941, when he heard the report, being shouted by newsboys in the street, that Germany had invaded the Soviet Union. Sorge, a prominent German journalist, notorious womanizer, and heavy drinker, had earlier ...

  6. Aug 17, 2024 · Richard Sorge was a master spy whose actions during World War II left an indelible mark on the course of history. As an undercover agent for the Soviet Union, Sorge provided critical intelligence that directly influenced the outcome of some of the most pivotal battles of the war. His work exemplifies the idea that individual actions can have ...

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  8. Apr 20, 2019 · “An Impeccable Spy” is also a story of the era’s convulsions, for which Sorge is a fitting avatar. A man of great ego and daring, he was sacrificed to a cause that had long since abandoned ...

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