![]() ![]() After World War II, the victory of the Soviet Union over Germany granted them considerable territorial spoils the Soviet Union banded together these states economically and politically creating a superpower challenging the might of the United States. The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II led by the United States (and the Western Bloc) and the Soviet Union (and the Eastern Bloc). Cold War espionage has been fictionally depicted in works such as the James Bond and Matt Helm books and movies. Soviet espionage in the United States during the Cold War was an outgrowth of World War II nuclear espionage, with both sides utilizing and evolving techniques and practices developed during World War II. While several organizations such as the CIA and KGB became synonymous with Cold War espionage, many others played key roles in the collection and protection of the section concerning detection of spying, and analysis of a wide host of intelligence disciplines. Both relied on a wide variety of military and civilian agencies in this pursuit. ![]() 1947–1991) between the Western allies (primarily the US and Western Europe) and the Eastern Bloc (primarily the Soviet Union and allied countries of the Warsaw Pact). Klaus Fuchs, exposed in 1950, is considered to have been the most valuable of the atomic spies during the Manhattan Project.Ĭold War espionage describes the intelligence gathering activities during the Cold War ( c. ![]()
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