Hey all, would be great if anybody had information on Americans spies/units trained in outing moles within the U.S. military during the war. Any names of people employed in this capacity would be helpful as would books, articles, or any other related sources that would help me learn more about the topic. Thanks!
Well you could start at the beginning; Wild Bill Donovan by Douglas Waller The OSS and so much more. Happy reading
Thanks for that. Does anyone happen know any specific units that worked in this capacity? Or anyone know about spies who outed moles on D-Day who, for example, tried to tell Germans the landing points or other intel?
The German espionage operation in the UK had been either turned or eliminated well before D-Day. With in the US the FBI would I believe have been the primary organization looking for spies. I don't remember reading much about spies in the US military. By D-Day I would expect them to have be keeping their heads as low as possible as the Axis defeat would have looked pretty certain from the angle of anyone in the US military.
Spying, subterfuge and general all around chaos was a very real and tangible concern before, during and just as importantly after the war. Go to the General Discussion forum and click on Codes, Cyphers and Spies. You'll find your answers.
It's one of those "Need to Know" things Lou Thanks again for getting me in the loop and up to speed. I'm slow but gaining !
If I were wondering about Nazi sympathizer in the USA prior or possibly during WWII, I would investigate organizations such as those mentioned in this article. American Nazis in the 1930s—The German American Bund
The Germans had several networks in the US, but most were rolled up by the FBI by 1941. One agent escaped capture and continued to report until about 1942. He reported that the US would manufacture 50,000 planes in 1943. Hitler thought that fantasy and concluded the man was compromised. The actual number in 1943 was more than 84,000. As I recall, the agent was never apprehended. A woman in New York was sent to prison for sending secrets hidden in dolls through Argentina. The saboteurs landed on Long Island have been well documented. If you ask me for sources it will take some digging.
