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World War II: A covert Sicherheitsdienst operation captured two British agents of the Secret Intelligence Service near Venlo in the Netherlands.
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1939–1945 global conflict
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Intelligence agency of the SS and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany
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1939 capture of British MI6 agents by Nazi intelligence services outside Venlo, Netherlands
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City and municipality in Limburg, Netherlands
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