World War I And Hari - 1457 Words

World War I and Mata Hari World War 1 started in July of 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Fran Ferdinand of Austria by a nationalist from Yugoslavia. After his death, Austria-Hungry proceeded to invade Serbia, declaring war. This attack mobilized the rest of the world’s superpowers into choosing sides: The Allies and the Central Powers. Fighting on the side of the Allies were the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and eventually Italy, Japan and the United States. The Central Powers were made up of Germany, Austria-Hungry, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Germany began its attack by invading the neutral nations of Belgium and Luxembourg en route towards France, which caused the United Kingdom to declare war on the advancing nation’s†¦show more content†¦Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, better known as Mata Hari, was an exotic dancer from the Netherlands. She grew up with her mother and father who both eventually passed away. Zelle eventually married a Scottish officer named Rudolph Ma cLeod who moved her to Indonesia where she became incredibly immersed in the culture, particularly the varying styles of dance. Eventually, her and her husband returned to Europe. After divorcing her husband, Zelle moved to Paris with her where she worked as a circus horse rider. Eventually, Zelle used cultural appropriation and racism to her advantage, Margaretha Zelle rebranded herself as an exotic â€Å"Hindi† dancer by the name of Hata Mari. Mari became a quick success in France and subsequently seduced many military officers. This lead to her becoming an intelligence agent for Germany and seduced tips and information out of her clientele. While she was working for German forces, France also utilized her talents and sent her on a number of low level espionage missions. Though it seems that her loyalty was to Germany, it was actually discovered that on her final mission for the Germans, she compromised their security. Her tasks was to run cables through Berlin, and while s he successfully completed that, she sent the cables using codes that France had already deciphered. While no further details of her espionage are not known, she was subsequently discovered to be a spy by Italian intelligence, who exposed