Author Ian Fleming’s Spy Work Inspired James Bond
Photo by Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
You probably guest that the writer who came up with the character of James Bond was a spy in real life. Ian Fleming worked for British Naval Intelligence during World War II. He served as a liaison between the British Admiralty and intelligence officers who were assigned to sabotaging the enemy. Fleming was also instrumental in helping to create the U.S. intelligence agency known as the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). His first 007 book, Casino Royale, featured an incident he witnessed involving the Japanese Consul General’s office at Rockefeller Center in which British operatives broke in and made copies of Japanese code books.