Cambridge Five

The Cambridge Five (also sometimes known as the Cambridge Four) was a ring of British spies who passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and into the early 1950s. It has been suggested they may also have been responsible for passing Soviet disinformation to the Nazis. Proven members included Kim Philby, Donald Duart Maclean, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt. Several other persons have been suggested as probably or possibly belonging.

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British - Spies - Soviet Union - World War II - 1950s - Disinformation - Nazi - Kim Philby - Donald Duart Maclean - Guy Burgess - Anthony Blunt

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They were originally known as the Cambridge Spy Ring because all known members of the ring were recruited at Trinity College, Cambridge while members of the Cambridge Apostles, a secret, elite debating society based around Trinity and King's. It is believed they were recruited by Anthony Blunt, who was a Fellow at Trinity while the others were undergraduates, and who had also been an Apostle. Another Apostle, Victor Rothschild, is suspected by many of being the so-called Fifth Man, who has never been formally identified. Michael Whitney Straight was also a Soviet spy and Cambridge Apostle.

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Trinity College, Cambridge - Cambridge Apostles - King's - Fellow - Victor Rothschild - Michael Whitney Straight

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