The spy was Richard Sorge and he reported Operation Barborossa to Stalin. Stalin did not believe him, and the following disaster was all his fault.

Dean.

DidIGETITDIDIGETITDIDIGETIT???????

hey, btw, did Stalin order to kill him?

Originally Posted by Dean

The spy was Richard Sorge and he reported Operation Barborossa to Stalin. Stalin did not believe him, and the following disaster was all his fault.

Dean.

DidIGETITDIDIGETITDIDIGETIT???????

1, Wrong spy.
2, Wrong, the spy was more specific.



phew, had me worried when I noticed someone had posted a answer so quickly. Thought I set a tough question.

Originally Posted by Reiben

Which russian agent reported to the USSR on 29 December 1940 about Germany?
What did the agent report?

Ilze Shtege has reported to Moscow the content of the Hitler's Directive #21(plan Barbarossa)

Originally Posted by boris116

Ilze Shtege has reported to Moscow the content of the Hitler's Directive #21(plan Barbarossa)

No to both answers. Clue to second part is that it was some very specific information regarding the attack, not the plan to attack

Are you referring to Arne Beurling, who gave Stalin the exact date of that Barbarossa began? He was Swedish, though...

Dean.

Edit: The more I ead about this, the more fantastic it becomes. Winston Churchhill also sent a message to Stalin telling him that the Germans were moving 4 more divisions east. He sent it via Vyacheslav M. Molotov, who never told Stalin who his source was. But the best one was this, and I think this is what you're looking for:

Rudolf Roessler, a German émigré and Russian spy who operated a book store in Lucerne, Switzerland. Roessler and his associates not only transmitted to Stalin the entire German battle plan but also spelled out the number of panzer groups that would be involved and the names of the officers from the most senior ones down to corps commanders.
http://aia.lackland.af.mil/homepages...pr05/atc11.cfm

Dean.

Originally Posted by Dean

Are you referring to Arne Beurling, who gave Stalin the exact date of that Barbarossa began? He was Swedish, though...

Dean

Close. Not that right spy. The spy gave a date but what was it?

Originally Posted by Reiben

Close. Not that right spy. The spy gave a date but what was it?

I believe, there were more than one person reported on this to Moscow...

Looking into the Russian sources, I have found that the Soviet military attache in Berlin Major General V. I. Tupikov has reported on December 29 1940 the date of the German invasion - March 1941

Originally Posted by boris116

I believe, there were more than one person reported on this to Moscow...

Looking into the Russian sources, I have found that the Soviet military attache in Berlin Major General V. I. Tupikov has reported on December 29 1940 the date of the German invasion - March 1941

Correct on the date!

But the name of the agent?

Well, you could use Google,!