Talk – Spies in the Atlantic: Alias Washburn and River

Talk – Seminar ‘Spies in the Atlantic: Alias Washburn and River’ at the León y Castillo House-Museum, Telde, Gran Canaria.

Alias Washburn and River: the mission of agents Thomas Weir and Harry C. Jordan in the Canary Islands (1939-1945).

During World War II, the Canary Islands were a strategic center for espionage activities, sabotage plans, counterintelligence operations, and observation networks. Through a journey that combines historical context and biographies of real agents, the series reveals how the islands, strategically located in the Atlantic, became the setting for secret operations between the great powers of the conflict.

Led and features: Marta García Cabrera.

Free admission until full capacity.