The Best Spies & Codebreakers Documentaries

War & Military - 17 free documentaries about spies & codebreakers.

Start with How did the Enigma Machine work? (19 min, Jared Owen), then The British Fashion Designer Who Oversaw Countless WW2 Assassinations (50 min, Timeline). All 17 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on spies & codebreakers is Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre.

• How did the Enigma Machine work? (19 min, Jared Owen)
• The British Fashion Designer Who Oversaw Countless WW2 Assassinations | Secret War (50 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Was This WW2 Secret Agent The Real James Bond? | Secret War (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Secret War: The Polish Spy (50 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Secret War: Double Agent Tricycle (52 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Why Did Nazi Germany Forge Millions In Fake British Pounds? (49 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• How A KGB Spy Infiltrated NATO High Command | The Spy Inside (54 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• From CIA Wife to CIA Spy | Inside the CIA: Secrets and Spies (44 min, National Geographic)
• The Psychology of Self-Sabotage and Resistance (9 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Indonesia's Transition To Biomass Sparks Resistance: Can Bioenergy Work? | Power To The People (45 min, CNA Insider)
• Bletchley Park: How Breaking The Enigma Code Helped The Allies Win WW2 (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Afghanistan: The Last Resistance Against the Taliban (53 min, ENDEVR)
• Cinema as resistance - filmmakers who want to change the world (26 min, DW Documentary)
• The Resistance of Beita (35 min, VPRO Documentary)
• D-Day's Most Dangerous Mission: The SAS Behind Enemy Lines (24 min, Wonder)
• What Does Resistance Look Like? (15 min, The Art Assignment)
• The $1.4 Billion Upgrade to North America's Ultimate Spy Plane (46 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Spies & Codebreakers

1. Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre - View on Amazon
2. Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
3. Double Cross by Ben Macintyre - View on Amazon
4. The Code Book by Simon Singh (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
5. Enigma by Robert Harris - View on Amazon