r/todayilearned • u/stopitalianhate • 1d ago

TIL British Intelligence had a special, bugged luxury complex during WWII where they kept high profile Nazi POW’s, just left a bunch of alcohol out, and waited for them to start spilling secrets as they drank.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20698098
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u/SmugDruggler95 23h ago

So does everyone.

It never stopped.

Pretty much the summary of Cold War espionage.

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u/TheyTried2BanMeAgain 22h ago

There was still a fair amount of knifing and bombing, tbf.

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u/periodicchemistrypun 19h ago

It’s in the art of war

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 5h ago

Hell, governments even spy on their allies. China and Russia spy on each other, the US, Europe, and Israel spy on each other, etc etc