Dossier No. 07 · Ego — wounded pride
Operation Ironbark
The man who saved the world
classifiedA GRU colonel frustrated in his career, Penkovsky handed MI6 and the CIA the manuals for the Soviet SS-4/SS-5 missiles. His intelligence allowed Kennedy to manage the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962). Arrested and executed in 1963.
On the ground
- Moscow
- London
- Havana / Cuba
Route: Moscow → London · Moscow → Havana