Recent investigations have brought to light potential new aspects of Anthony Blunt's espionage activities, suggesting that he might have also collaborated with the Nazis during World War II. Blunt, a known member of the Cambridge Five spy ring and a Soviet double agent, was previously outed in 1979 for his activities with Stalin's regime. Robert Verkaik reports that new evidence hints Blunt could have been instrumental in the failure of Operation Market Garden by allegedly passing strategic information to the Germans. This act is believed to have resulted in approximately 17,000 Allied deaths and allowed Soviet forces to capture Berlin and Eastern Germany before the Western allies. A highly plausible case suggests that Blunt's betrayal was perhaps more devastating than previously realized.
Soviet traitor and Cambridge Five spy ring member Anthony Blunt may also have passed secrets to the Nazis resulting in deaths of thousands of Allied troops, new book claims https://t.co/bsD69ZN7B0 https://t.co/QmLCUYc0rn
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Well, well, well. So it was Anthony Blunt who is likely to have been the spy who foiled Operation Market Garden, led to 17,000 Allied deaths and left Berlin & Eastern Germany to fall to Russia. Can we have no more romanticising of the Cambridge spies pls? https://t.co/TsfOqq2A2B
Blunt has widely been regarded as one of the more harmless of that group. But my research would suggest he was perhaps the most devastatingly treacherous — and without realising it I had uncovered one of the greatest spy mysteries of the 20th century https://t.co/oljBO7uXtv
No proof, but @robertverkaik1 makes a highly plausible case that Anthony Blunt betrayed plans for Market Garden to the Germans, in order to gain time for Stalin to reach Berlin before the Western allies. https://t.co/i8KPkFhaDY https://t.co/5iUIbfWcgO
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: In 1979 the art historian Anthony Blunt was outed as one of the Cambridge spies recruited by Stalin. Shocking new evidence suggests he may also have passed deadly secrets to the Nazis, Robert Verkaik reports ⬇️ https://t.co/82iMKrenzW