Nathan hale (1755- 1776) was a "continental army" soldier in the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered to participate in the military intelligence work of the Battle of new york City, and was hanged by the British for espionage.
He left his most famous last words: "My only regret is that I have only one life to give to my motherland" and became a famous American patriot and national hero. 1985 was officially awarded the title of "Kangzhou Hero" by the state government.
The US Central Intelligence Agency built a statue of nathan hale in front of the headquarters building, and his remarks are often cited as the guiding principles of intelligence agencies.
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Nathan. Nathan hale (1755- 1776) joined the North American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. 1776 In September, when he went deep behind enemy lines to get information, he was inexperienced and was unfortunately arrested. Later, he was strangled by British military police and became the earliest military spy in the United States who died for his country. Hale's deeds are widely circulated in the history of espionage in the world.
Hale 1755 was born in a peasant family in Coventry, Connecticut. He is very talented. 13 (1768) was admitted to Yale university, 1773 became a middle school teacher after graduation. After the outbreak of the War of Independence, Hale joined the militia of the Continental Army and was awarded the rank of captain.
1776 promoted to captain. Although his unit participated in the siege of Boston, he had no record in this battle because of his involvement in secret information.
At that time, relying on sophisticated equipment and a huge army, the British army won successively in the war. They seized Long Island and occupied new york, and the number of the militia of the American Continental Army was only one tenth of that of the British. Their weapons are primitive and lack of combat experience, so their situation is often in danger.
During the American War of Independence (1775–1783), there were no professional intelligence personnel in the backward North American army. The so-called military intelligence is provided by volunteers and sympathizers.
As the commander-in-chief of the North American Army, General Washington had no intelligence forces under his command when he first started to command the Continental Army, but he knew that if he wanted to fight against such a super-powerful army as the British Army, he could only outsmart him and fight an intelligence war, which was the best means to outsmart him.
At that time, Washington began to establish a quasi-intelligence network. He served the North American Continental Army through many "informants". There are many young people with ideals among them. They are not only loyal to Washington, but also dare to work hard and are willing to die for independence and freedom. Later, it was these people who formed the backbone of the first quasi-intelligence agency in the North American army, and Hale was one of them.
At that time, Hale had already served in the Continental Army. He is brave in peacetime and deeply appreciated. When he heard that Washington organized an intelligence volunteer operation, he signed up for it. On September 12, Hale was ordered to set out, disguised as a Dutch teacher, to go deep behind enemy lines to carry out secret reconnaissance missions and collect all kinds of information about the enemy, including the position and protection of the British army.
He also made a decisive attack and captured a British grain carrier behind enemy lines. On September 2 1 day, he was arrested by the British army when he returned. Military police commander Kan Annan ordered the torture of Hale. Hale couldn't bear it anymore and was forced to give up military secrets of the North American Continental Army. In view of the great threat posed by Hale's spy work to the British army, the British army hanged Hale.
Hale said before he left, "My only regret is that I have only one life to give to my country." Before he died, he asked to read the Bible and the priest's prayers, but the British refused. In the end, Hale died generously.
After Hale's death, Captain Montessori of the Royal British Corps of Engineers, holding Tian Lei, crossed the border and informed the Continental Army of Hale's death in new york. Washington felt sad and shocked when he heard the news. He kept the news of Hale's death secret for five months out of consideration for the army's plan to form an intelligence department.
Five months later, American newspapers revealed Hale's death, and the report also involved an intelligence war. Seeing that things were hard to hide, Washington formally established the Continental Army Intelligence Department. Washington also told the candidates that American spies should not only have correct values, but also have stunts and high martial arts. These words became the earliest admonition of the US military intelligence department.
Obviously, Washington's remarks are also based on the lessons of the death of intelligence officer Hale. However, it was Hale's death that strengthened Washington's determination to form a military intelligence department, improved the personal quality of intelligence personnel, and comprehensively implemented the strategic thinking of effective intelligence warfare against the British army.
Soon, Washington appointed Benjamin? Major Benjamin Talmaci is the highest-ranking intelligence officer in the North American Continental Army. Talmadge is a classmate of Yale University in Hale.
According to Washington's intelligence warfare strategy, Talmaci weaves a huge spy network behind enemy lines, which covers the strategic location of new york. Even Manhattan, where the British Army Command is located, and new york Port, where the British Naval Command is located, are shaking the figure of American spies.
Talmaci also invented various excuses in new york to buy British soldiers to provide him with information under the guise of opening a department store. After that, the US military succeeded again and again, and Washington tasted the sweetness of intelligence warfare. The birth of the intelligence department of the North American Continental Army laid the foundation for the United States to win the final victory in the North American War, and it was also the magic weapon for Washington to win the surprise attack when facing the formidable British enemy.
After he was elected as the first president of the United States, he was still obsessed with Hale. He often lamented, "Hale died a fair death." ?
Hale is known as the national hero, national martyr and the father of spies in American history. 1985, Connecticut government awarded him the title of national hero again. His statue stands in New York City Hall Park, and some American educational institutions and military facilities are also named after him.
Such a commemorative scale is very rare in the United States, because there are few monuments to spies in the United States. Americans not only erect monuments to spies, but also publish books. Writer James? Fenimore? James fenimore cooper (182 1) wrote the novel Spy: The Story of a Neutral Country based on Hale.
In the writer's pen, Hale is a spy with flesh and blood and not rich experience, but he is a sincere patriot and fearless martyr, and he is the originator of American spy history.
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