Dierks crashed the car, killing himself and injuring the others. It was then that things started to go badly wrong. Perhaps drowning their sorrows, the three agents and Dierks enjoyed a night of heavy drinking before he drove them back to their quarters. Little wonder that the group decided on a night out in Hamburg before leaving for Norway. The prospect of peddling 600 miles to London, in possession of German spying equipment, must have struck the naïve agents as nothing short of a suicide mission. The method of transport for their secret mission was to be three English bicycles, looted from the British embassy in Oslo. Walti was to make his way south alone, observing aerodromes and harbours en route, reporting back by radio. Nti Media Ltd/ShutterstockĮriksen and Drucke were to travel to London where she had contacts. Something quicker was required so the plan for ‘invasion spies’ was hatched.Ī map of from the 446-page Nazi war dossier detailing Hitler’s planned invasion of England in September 1940. Putting deep cover agents in enemy territory is a complex business, but there was no time. The scene was set for one of the most bizarre chapters in the history of espionage. Hitler’s plan for Europe estimated that it would take all of 1940 to subdue France, with the invasion of Britain to follow in 1941.īut the battle of France went better than planned and by June 1940 the invasion of Britain (Operation Sea Lion) was brought forward.Ĭhief of German intelligence, Admiral Canaris, was instructed to prioritise Britain, but the Abwehr were badly placed they had lost most of their agents. It was a fateful union at the beginning of a remarkable chapter in the history of the secret intelligence battle that was fought in the shadows during the length of the war. This was catastrophic for German military intelligence, the Abwehr.īack in Germany, Eriksen’s tangled love life took a turn when she fell in with a senior German intelligence officer, Captain Hans Dierks. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across.
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