Sir Vernon Kell-The founder of British Secret Service

       Sir Vernon Kell, the founder of British Secret Service (Part-1)

Sir Vernon Kell, the founder of MI-5

Sir Vernon Kell, the man who failed all the attempts of Germany to win the First World War. He was the founder of British Secret Service, MI-5, succeeded in getting all information from the German spy, Carl Hans Lody. This helped to defeat Kaiser’s German Army during the First World War. During his term Sir Vernon Kell displayed a rare kind of skill and insight which helped Britain to get rid of all German spies.

   With the beginning of the 20th century the German dictator Kaiser Wilhelm II started preparations for attacking Britain. In the year 1902 the German spies had begun to infiltrate into Britain. Within seven to eight years, German spied had spread themselves all over England. Every bit of information was being sent to Germany. A counter espionage organization was formed in Britain. It was called MO-5 which was later changed MI-5. Till today this is Britain’s largest espionage organization. Captain Vernon Kell was the founder of this organization. With a rare kind of skill he was able to break the German Spy Wing, which was an event of historical importance.

   Vernon Kell did something very unusual. He attached his own organization to the Special Branch of the Scotland Yard. Patrick Quinn, the Superintendent of the Scotland Yard Special Branch gave his full cooperation to Vernon Kell. This helped a great deal towards the success of MI-5. In 1910 Kaiser Wilhelm II came to Britain to attend the funeral of King Edward VII. His delegation included a Naval Captain, who often visited a barber’s shop on London’s Caledoniam Road. Vernon Kell had long suspected that the shop had something to do with the German spies, as it was run by a German called Carl Gustav Ernst. Vernon Kell thought that a person who had come with the royal delegation could easily get a barber called to his residence for hair cut. To get his suspicions confirmed, Vernon Kell got the officer followed by his own men. Letters addressed to the barber were also opened and read.

Mata Hari, The Most Famous Woman Spy in History

The Most Famous Woman Spy

   The Most Famous Woman Spy in the History - Part 1

   The word Mata Hari means the “morning star”. A Dutch beauty called Gertrud Margrete Zelle had unsuccessfully tried to change the course of the First World War by working as a spy under the name of Mata Hari. She is the most well known sex spy of the modern age. She worked for German as a spy. The strongest weapon which she had was her unique sensual beauty which held great attention for the opposite sex. The French shot her dead after charging her with spying, but many experts believe that in spite of all her efforts Mata Hari never succeeded in finding out any very important secret. Another group feels that she was an extremely dangerous professional spy and she had not been shot dead, the outcome of the First World War would have been quite different.

   After learning the Hawaian dance in Java she became a cabaret dancer in Paris. There she would entertain Army Officers with her dances all through the night, she would send to Germans. In the list of Germans Spies, Mata Hari’s name bore the code number “H-21”. Even today there is a controversy whether Mata Hari succeeded or not in securing any vital information from Paris, Berlin and Madrid, the places where she was worked as a spy.

   In 1916, Mata Hari had been arrested by the British Secret Service in Falmouth, England from where she was going to Netherlands. There she was warned that if she did not give up attracting Army Officers by her sexual advances, she would be punished cruelly. Mata Hari did not heed this warning. Consequently she had to face the fire spouting machine guns of the Firing Squad.