On the Effects of Knavery: From a London Working Lunch to the Danish summer 1916 war scare
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Espionage, Blockade, Denmark, England, Germany, MI5, MI6, Air Bombardment, WW1, First World War, 1 World WarResumé
On 14 June 1916 the Danish army purchasing officer in London, Cavalry Major Count Frederik ”Fritz” Moltke, had a working lunch with his contact in the Admiralty, the Danish language speaking Lieutenant Commander Frank Stagg. From the next table a MI5 counter-intelligence officer monitored the conversation that was meant to expose Moltke as a German spy and pass him incorrect information about the recent naval battle off Jutland. Later that summer Denmark was forced to transfer Moltke to the U.S., but at that time the disinformation passed to him and reinforced by the Danish Minister in London had already worsened a senses in Copenhagen that Denmark was moving closer to involvement in the war. The article follows the chain of disinformation and events.Downloads
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2015-02-27
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Clemmesen, M. H. (2015). On the Effects of Knavery: From a London Working Lunch to the Danish summer 1916 war scare. Fra Krig Og Fred, (1), 119–167. Hentet fra https://tidsskrift.dk/frakrigogfred/article/view/27002
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