[The two-faced female spy Marta Harley, relying on beauty to obtain intelligence, single-handedly killed 50,000 French troops and sunk 17 ships]
"As soon as she appeared, the audience was crazy." This is what Le Parisien said of the beautiful spy Marta Harley in 1905.
In the history of world espionage, Marta Harley is one of the most legendary spies. From the obscure and miserable country girl to the stripper who sensationalized Paris, to the double agent on the left and right, she wandered between France and Germany, obtained intelligence with her beauty, single-handedly caused heavy losses to France and Germany, and finally faced death with a flying kiss, what did Marta Harley go through in her life?
Marta Harley, formerly known as Margaretha. Born on 7 August 1876 in a small town in the northern Dutch province of Friesland, Marta Harley was the daughter of a Dutch farmer and had a very prosperous childhood.
If this had been the case, Margaretha's life would have been smooth, but everything had changed dramatically when she was 13 years old.
In 1889, Margaretha's father was deceived by stock speculation and lost all his money, so he had no choice but to mortgage the farm. Margaretha's parents divorced as a result, and Margaretha followed her father around.
At the age of 18, Margaretha accidentally saw an advertisement for a Dutch officer's wife in the newspaper, even though the officer was 22 years older than Margaretha, Margaretha finally decided to "apply" in order to get rid of poverty.
Life after marriage was not as good as Margaretha imagined, and although the Dutch officer gave her superior living conditions, the officer not only drank and cheated, but even often abused Margaresha.
In order to escape this bad life for a while, Margaretha enrolled herself in a dance class to learn dance, and named herself Marta Harley.
In 1903, Marta Harley's marriage broke down. In 1904, Marta Harley went to France, during which time she tried a variety of jobs but were not satisfied, and eventually forced to make a living, Marta Harley danced striptease.
On March 13, 1905, at her first performance at the Guime Museum in Paris, Marta Harley became famous with her mysterious and seductive body with oriental culture, and began her ups and downs.
Graceful dancing, moving eyes, sexy figure makes Marta Harley a special object in the eyes of French men, in order to shape the character, Marta Harley claims to be a Javanese princess who learned Hinduism from childhood, which makes French high-class men more respectful of Marta Harley.
In 1914, Marta Harley made a trip back to the Netherlands and was offered by the Germans stationed in the Netherlands for 20,000 francs to become a German spy to obtain intelligence for Germany, but this offer was rejected by Marta Harley.
Later, when Marta Harley was performing in Germany, she was photographed by an officer of the German high command, who believed that Marta Harley had high intelligence value, so she trained Marta Harley to become a German spy.
How does Marta Harley, as a weak woman, get information?
The answer is "beauty."
Marta Harley seduced the French officers with her beauty and dancing, and then took intelligence from the mouths of these officers, and it was easy for Marta Harley to obtain information about the marching route of the French troops and the size of the combat army.
Marta Harley provided the Germans with the biggest piece of information: the british commander Kitzina's travel plans.
When Kitchener was on his way to France to discuss the resistance against Germany, Marta Harley seduced Kitchina's lieutenant and got Kitchina's travel plans for June.
Through Marta Harley's intelligence, the German military first set up an ambush, and the cruiser HMS Hampshire, on which Kitchinner was riding, was sunk by mines, and Kitchener was buried in the sea, and France lost a big help. Until his death, the British commander, Kitchener, did not know that he had been betrayed by a woman.
In order to prevent Marta Harley from betraying more intelligence against France, France decided to recruit Marta Harley and make her a French spy.
In 1916, marta Harley, the head of the French intelligence service, found her and expressed her thoughts. Because France is Marta Harley's second home, marta Harley has a special affection for it, so Marta Harley agreed to this request.
In this way, Marta Harley became a double-sided spy.
In the days that followed, Marta Harley had been moving between the Germans and the French, providing intelligence to both sides. But the difference was that Marta Harley provided the French with important information, while the Germans provided some dispensable gossip.
In 1917, the French army was caught in a mutiny caused by the failure of the Nivelle Offensive, and in order to get out of the vortex as soon as possible, the French army desperately needed a person to act as a scapegoat.
It so happened that the Germans decided to dispose of Marta Harley because she could no longer provide them with valid intelligence, so the Germans used a codebook that had long been deciphered by the French to deliver a message to Marta Harley, and deliberately exposed all this to the French.
The French took the opportunity to arrest Marta Harley and accused her of single-handedly killing 50,000 French troops and sinking 17 ships. Eventually, Marta Harley was sentenced to death for treason.
On October 15, 1917, in the face of a heavily armed firing squad, the beautiful spy Marta Harley wore a pair of black sheepskin gloves and a pair of beautiful red dancing shoes on her feet. Facing the muzzles of the 11 executioners, Harley smiled and said to the officer who was taking the execution: "This is the first time that someone has been willing to pay 12 francs to possess me." ”
Two-Faced Beauty Spy Marta Harley ended her legendary life.
After Marta Harley was executed, her body went unclaimed and was eventually used for medical purposes. Her head was embalmed and stored in the Anatomy Museum in Paris. #历史 #
