Treachery has shaped our world in ways we rarely discuss… Join us as we reveal history’s most consequential yet overlooked betrayals! From double agents who changed the course of wars to traitors who toppled dynasties, these acts of deception altered the fate of nations. Which of these historical backstabs surprised you the most? Our countdown includes James Armistead’s Revolutionary War espionage, Wu Sangui opening China’s Great Wall to invaders, Theodore Hall giving atomic secrets to the Soviets, Operation Trust’s monarchist trap, and the diamond necklace affair that helped trigger the French Revolution.
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