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The British were notoriously successful with their "Double Cross" counter-intelligence operation in WWII, finding and converting literally every German agent in the United Kingdom. I have heard it said that part of this success, like the success of the Soviets in infiltrating the British ranks after the war, was due to the composition of the Abwehr: that the ranks were filled with people who were somehow inclined to support the British over their government.

Does anyone have any more details on this? Was it that the Abwehr was filled with aristocracy who opposed the populist Nazis? Was it dominated by educated intelligentsia? Was it simply populated by an "old guard" that resented the Nazi Party's attempts to monopolize power? Was it resentment over Hitler's 1937 interference? How many vons and zus are we talking here? Doctorates?
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