Army Sergeant Made $764/Month — Sold NATO’s War Plans for $1M, Judge Said West Would Lose WW3 скачать в хорошем качестве

Army Sergeant Made $764/Month — Sold NATO’s War Plans for $1M, Judge Said West Would Lose WW3

In August 1988, West German police surrounded a quiet apartment in Augsburg and arrested a retired U.S. Army sergeant. What they uncovered would later be called one of the most devastating espionage cases of the Cold War. For thirteen years, a low-ranking noncommissioned officer earning just $764 a month secretly sold NATO’s complete war plans to the Eastern Bloc for more than one million dollars. These were not fragments or estimates, but the most sensitive documents imaginable: troop deployments, nuclear weapon locations, communication codes, and detailed step-by-step plans for how the West would fight World War Three. German judges later concluded that if war had broken out, NATO would have faced certain defeat or been forced to use nuclear weapons on its own soil. How did one trusted soldier gain access to secrets that could decide the fate of Europe? Why did no one notice his unexplained wealth for years? And how close did the world come to catastrophe because of a single betrayal? This video breaks down the full story using court records, declassified intelligence, and investigative findings from one of history’s most dangerous spy cases. If you’re interested in real Cold War espionage, hidden intelligence failures, and true stories that nearly changed the world, this is a case you need to understand. ⚠️ This video is created for historical and educational documentation only. All footage is archival or re-enacted for context.