Thanks to the intelligence provided by Richard Sorge, the Soviet Union shall deal with the German invasion and rotate the battlefield.

When Richard Sorge was born in 1895, his German family was living in Azerbaijan region today and working for the Russian Empire government.

Like many Europeans, Richard Sorge disillusioned with the situation of employment in and after World War I, his political perspective also changed.

Sorge (left) and teammate in the German army in 1915. Photo: Wikipedia.

At the age of 18, Richard Sorge joined the German army and was sentenced to the Western Front in World War I. Capital was born in a fake family, he supported the German Emperor and war in the early stages.

In 1916, Richard Sorge rushed after being injured in both hands and legs.

At the Soviet Union, Sorge was recruited into the Army Intelligence Agency (GRU), before returning to Germany under the cover was a journalist.

When Japan invaded a part of China in 1931, the Soviet Union was concerned that the opponent would attack the Far East.

After reading my struggle (Mein Kampf) of Adolf Hitler, Sorge was proficient in fascist propaganda and began to attend the Nazi Party meetings.

In 1933, Sorge made a reporter in Japan for a leading German newspaper.

Two years later, Richard Sorge had a touch of communications in both German forces in Japan, as well as the Army and the Japanese government.

After establishing relationships, Sorge plays a player who likes to party and love, like a typical German diplomat at the time.

After some Japanese officers offering the border with the Soviet Union near the Manchurian region, Sorge knew that this was just a particular incident and Japan did not intend to launch a comprehensive invasion into the Soviet Union

Two most important intelligence discovered by Sorge during operation in Japan after World War II outbreaks.

In September 1941, Richard Sorge knew the Japanese military commander wants to attack the US bases in the Pacific Ocean, as well as protesting Germany's pressure in launching war with the Soviet Union.

Richard Sorge in Japan.

After receiving this information and seeing the momentum of the German troops slowed up before Moskva, the leader of Stalin did the division of capital was arranged in the Far Equal offering the Japanese troops to the capital to respect Germans and overturn

Sorge is increasingly in danger but continues to operate.

In the last message sent to Moskva, Sorge asked to be returned to Germany because there was no risk of Japan to attack the Soviet Union.

On October 18, 1941, Sorge was arrested in Tokyo with allegations of spying for German military intelligence, because he was the Nazi party and had a relationship with the Germans.

After being brutally tortured, Sorge reached an agreement with Kempeitai that would reveal everything if they forgive his Hanako Ishii lover, as well as the wife of other spy spies.

Japan then three contacted the Soviet Union and offered to exchange Sorge with one of their spies arrested by the Soviet Union, but Moskva refused these efforts and continuously affirmed not knowing him.

One year after Sorge was arrested, his Katya Maximova wife was arrested by the Soviet authority (NKVD) with allegations of spying for marrying German citizens, although Sorge was GRU spy.

In November 1964, the Soviet Union officially recognized Richard Sorge's identity and gave him the title of Soviet hero.

In 2016, Russia named one of the stations in Moskva by Sorge's name.

He was praised by many generals and experiences in the world, rating as one of the greatest spies and helped completely change the World War II.