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Shortly after [[World War I]] Sorge became a [[marxist]] and a member of the German Communist Party ([[KPD]]). He was recruited as a Soviet spy in the 1920s. Sorge had studied economics and taught at university, but his communist politics (and the premature death of his teacher) destroyed his academic career. Sorge worked as a journalist, when he was the head of a Soviet spy ring in Japan. Hitler's Germany was Japan's ally and Sorge went to Japan officially attached to the German Embassy. He was an accredited correspondent of the leading German journal ''Frankfurter Zeitung''.
Shortly after [[World War I]] Sorge became a [[marxist]] and a member of the German Communist Party ([[KPD]]). He was recruited as a Soviet spy in the 1920s. Sorge had studied economics and taught at university, but his communist politics (and the premature death of his teacher) destroyed his academic career. Sorge worked as a journalist, when he was the head of a Soviet spy ring in Japan. Hitler's Germany was Japan's ally and Sorge went to Japan officially attached to the German Embassy. He was an accredited correspondent of the leading German journal ''Frankfurter Zeitung''.
While in Japan, Sorge developed sources in the Japanese war cabinet and reported to Moscow in August 11941 that Japan was planning an attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], In October 1941, as German troops threatened to capture Moscow, 700,000 Red Army troops were moved from the Far Eastern front were Soviet and Japanese forces recently clashed at the Battle of [[Khalkhin Gol]] to defend Moscow and halt the german advnace.
A number of Sorge's associates were arrested with him, among them [[Hozumi Ozaki]] and [[Kinkazu Saionji]].
A number of Sorge's associates were arrested with him, among them [[Hozumi Ozaki]] and [[Kinkazu Saionji]].
Sorge was awarded the highest honorary title of distinction in the [[USSR]], [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], posthumously.
Sorge was awarded the highest honorary title of distinction in the [[USSR]], [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], posthumously. Many refer to Sorge as the man who saved the Soviet Union from a Nazi defeat early in the war.
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