The forgotten British spy who infiltrated Hitler's inner circle

davidbfpo · Jun 7, 2026

A review by Dr. Robert Lyman of retired British diplomat Tim Willasey-Wilsey's boo 'The Spy and the Devil':. One of the three passages:

..a first class account of Baron Bill von de Ropp’s extraordinary deception of the senior Nazi (and fellow Baltic emigre) Alfred Rosenberg, who met his final end on a noose following trial at Nuremberg. Not merely the story of Bill de Ropp extraordinary penetration of the Nazi Party and the intelligence he was able to provide to London as a result, the book is a fascinating account of how MI6 transitioned from the acquisition of prosaic, technical information to the gathering and analysis of strategic intelligence. What little information remains from Bill de Ropp’s reports to London demonstrate the acuity of de Ropp’s assessment of Nazi ideas and plans.
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From: Baron Bill von de Ropp

Amazon has the details, published May 2025: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spy-Devil-untold-penetrated-Hitlers/dp/1789468671

A balanced review IMHO: The British Spy in… | King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence and by an ex-FCO Historian: Britain's man inside Hitler's inner circle

Wiki bio: William de Ropp - Wikipedia

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