Georges Ladoux
French spy
Georges Ladoux (Beauchastel, 21 March 1875 - Cannes, 20 April 1933[1]) was an army major and from 1914 the head of the Deuxième Bureau, French military intelligence during World War I. He was responsible for recruiting[2][3] Mata Hari as a French spy, whom he met in Vittel in 1916. Ladoux was later arrested for being a double agent himself, but eventually cleared of all charges.
Further reading
- Ladoux, Georges (1932). Marthe Richard, the Skylark: The Foremost Woman Spy of France. Cassell.
- Shipman, Pat (2007). Femme Fatale: Love, Lies and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari. New York: William Morrow. ISBN 978-0-06-081728-2.
- "She likes to be on top – The William J. Donovan Institute for Global Strategic Intelligence". The Donovan Institute. September 29, 2019. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- Ladoux, Georges (1933). Commandant Ladoux, ancien chef des services de renseignements et de contre-espionnage de l'état-major de l'armée. L'Espionne de l'Empereur, scènes de guerre secrète. 1913 ... 1933 (in French). fr:Librairie des Champs-Élysées.
References
- ^ "Ladoux, Captor of Mata Hari, Famous Spy, Dies". San Pedro News Pilot. California Digital Newspaper Collection. 22 April 1933. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "Mata Hari: Sexy photographs of the original femme fatale". DangerousMinds. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "The Death of Mata Hari — Inside the Tragic Story of the First World War's Most Celebrated Spy". Military History Now. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
External links
- Georges Ladoux (1875-1933) Bibliothèque nationale de France
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