Covert operations and espionage Aftermath of World War II

the big 3 @ yalta conference: winston churchill, franklin d. roosevelt , joseph stalin. diplomatic relations between 3 countries changed radically in aftermath of world war ii.

british covert operations in baltic states, began in 1944 against nazis, escalated after war. in operation jungle, secret intelligence service (known mi6) recruited , trained estonians, latvians , lithuanians clandestine work in baltic states between 1948 , 1955. leaders of operation included alfons rebane, stasys Žymantas, , rūdolfs silarājs. agents transported under cover of british baltic fishery protection service . launched british-occupied germany, using converted world war ii e-boat captained , crewed former members of wartime german navy. british intelligence trained , infiltrated anti-communist agents russia across finnish border, orders assassinate soviet officials. in end, counter-intelligence supplied kgb kim philby allowed kgb penetrate , gain control of mi6 s entire intelligence network in baltic states.

vietnam , middle east later damage reputation gained during successes in europe.

the kgb believed third world rather europe arena in win cold war. moscow in later years fuel arms buildup in africa. in later years, african countries used proxies in cold war become failed states of own.