Roles Of Spies During WWII

Did you know that spies actually exist? During WWII there were five main spy groups working for the allies. The jobs they had were dangerous but helped end the war faster. There were even some TV shows about it like Hogan's Heroes.
There were many groups of spies working with the resistance during WWII.The main ones were MI5, MI6, OSS, SOE, and the BSC. The MI5, MI6, BSC and SOE were all British spy groups. MI5 is Britain's security service, while MI6 is Britain’s foreign intelligence service.BSC stands for British Security Coordination, this was one of Britain's main spy groups because it was formed by MI6. The SOE stands for The Special Operations Executive, and it was only used during WWII.
The OSS was the only known American spy groups during WWII. The OSS was mostly used to get information to the airmen, make
Each group had different jobs but some of the main jobs were sending messages, assisting downed airmen, sabotaging trains, and ambushing german patroles. The main ways to send messages was by radio, some stations even played coded messages during there skits.
The way the spies helped is by assisting airmen, that were shot down in enemy territory escape back home. Some spies got the job of blowing up bridges and train tracks, so the train with the supplies can't get through to the enemy. Some spies had very hard jobs like Juan Pujol who became a double agent working for both the british and the Nazis. Being a spy was a dangerous job, they even gave you a cyanide pill in case you get caught you would kill yourself so you don’t spill any secrets.
There were some famous people who were also spies during WWII. Author Graham Green was a spy for Britain's MI6 before he started writing novels. His novels were mostly about his adventures while he was searching ships, and monitoring Vichy forces, for the British Secret Intelligence Service. He published more than 25 books about his espionage