- Have you ever had a friend
talk behind your back? Well these people are way worse. History has always been affected by the renegades who oppose power, but many of those people were
open about their intentions, unlike the people on this list, who betrayed the very people that they were supposed to be loyal to. Here are the 10 most
notorious traitors in history. Number 10 are the Rosenbergs. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
were the first US citizens ever to be convicted and executed for espionage during peacetime, for passing top-secret information on aeronautics and atomic
bombs to the Soviets. Julius, an engineer in
the US Army Signal Corps met Ethel at a Young
Communist League meeting in New York in 1939. They then married and had two sons. They ran and recruited a spy ring throughout the 1940s and early '50s, and passed intel to the Soviets, stolen by Ethel's
brother, David Greenglass, from the atomic bomb lab
in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Greenglass confessed to his crimes that began the nuclear arms race, and later testified against
his sister and brother-in-law, who were executed in Sing Sing
Prison on June 21st, 1953. Betraying your country-men to the Soviets? There's a special place
in hell for these people. Number nine is Tokyo Rose. Los Angeles born and Japanese
American, Iva Toguri, found herself in limbo
while visiting a sick aunt when the Japanese bombed Pearl
Harbor on December 7th, 1941. She was trapped in war-time Japan, barred from returning
to the United States, yet refused to denounce her homeland, so she was denied food rations. The native English
speaker took a job posting the radio show Zero Hour, as Tokyo Rose, which broadcasted Japanese
propaganda to weaken the resolve of the Allied military
personnel in the Pacific, although she used sarcasm to undercut her treasonous messages. Hey everyone, Tokyo Rose here, America's doing really bad in the war, but I don't really mean that. (bell dinging) When Imperial Japan surrounded, Toguri was arrested and became the 7th person in US history
ever to be tried with treason, serving six years in prison, but a sympathetic president, Gerald Ford, pardoned her in 1977, and
restored her citizenship. Wait, sympathetic to what? She was a traitor to her country. Look, I'm not saying leave
her in prison, (bell dinging) no I'm saying leave her in prison. Number eight is Guy Fawkes. In 1608, Briton's most
notorious traitor, Guy Fawkes, plotted to blow up British Parliament and kill King James I, and was foiled. Coming from the oppressed
English Catholic minority, Fawkes was discovered
beneath the House of Lords with 36 barrels of gun
powder ready to be lit. The gunpowder plot was planned for months, and adjusted to minimize
loss of innocent life, but the traitors had
a traitor amongst them that alerted Lord Monteagle
in an anonymous letter which led to Fawkes and
the friends' arrest. Guy Fawkes Day, often
called Bonfire Night, is celebrated on November
5th in the United Kingdom, with fireworks and those iconic
masks of Fawkes' like-ness which are used by the
hacker group Anonymous. Quick question, this guy was a traitor
to the United Kingdom, why are people still celebrating him? That's like having a John Wilkes Booth Day in the United States. Number seven is La Malinche. This Aztec woman helped
the Spanish conquistadors, led by the infamous Hernan Cortes, to destroy the Aztec Empire, and make modern-day
Mexico a Spanish colony. La Malinche, which means
The Captain's Woman, was originally a noble-born,
but had fallen from grace when she was sold to Cortes as a slave. She spoke the Mayan language
and learned Spanish, so she became Cortes' main
translator and his lover. As conquistadors marched across the land, La Malinche helped Cortes
negotiate alliances with tribes hostel to the Aztec. She also helped converted everyone to Christianity along the way, as they marched towards
the Aztec ruler, Moctezuma, who eventually surrounded to the Spanish's superior fire-power. See, a single woman took
down a whole empire. Gentlemen, this is why you
do not tick off ladies, just lettin' you know. Number six is Benedict Arnold. Benedict Arnold's name is
synonymous with two things, treason and breakfast. He made a name for himself
in the American Revolution, fighting with Ethan Allen
and the Green Mountain Boys, by seizing Fort Ticonderoga
from the British in 1775. Arnold was one of the
original Sons of Liberty, a close confident of George Washington, and became a General in
the Continental Army. But he fell for a young
girl named Peggie Shippen, and financed their extravagant lifestyle by providing intel to
British Major, John Andre, and systematically weakened
West Point defenses while he was in charge in 1780. Andre was caught and hung. So, with Arnold's treason discovered, he fled with his wealth
across British lines, fighting for the British. That's actually kind of impressive, because you have to keep in mind, back then they probably just
had bags and bags of coins. He was probably just like running, trying not to drop his
coins like a leprechaun. Number five is Mir Jafar. Mir Jafar is actually referred to as the Benedict Arnold of India
because he enriched himself by helping consign India to British rule. From Arab decent, Jafar
came to India penny-less, but proved himself to be
a capable military man, and became a trusted confidant of Bengal ruler called
Nawab Alivardi Khan. However, Jafar was not as
loyal to Khan's successor, Siraj ud-Daulah, or his French allies, whom he betrayed to help the
British East India Company win the Battle of Plassey. And he was rewarded for his treachery by being named the next Nawab of Bengal, but was merely a puppet of
the British East India Company that exploited the
subcontinent's resources, and subjugated its populace. That was until Gandhi's peaceful
revolution 200 years later. Folks remember, money
means way less than legacy. That's it, there's no joke
there, just don't be a dick. Number four is Alfred Redl. Colonel Alfred Redl's traitorous exploits led to the downfall of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire. Born poor, he excelled at the
elite war school in Vienna, and joined the Intelligence Bureau, where, by 1900, he was in charge
of all Russian affairs. The Tsarists Intelligence Service blackmailed Redl for being gay, and threw in large bribes so that Redl would share
Austrian war plans, while Redl gave his own
command false information on Russian capabilities. This led to hundreds
of thousands of deaths that resulted in the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian
Empire into seven territories, after the Treaty of Saint Germain. Redl's protege, Major Maximilian Ronge, exposed Redl's treachery,
and, well, he was killed. Are you guys getting the hint yet? Don't betray your own people, 'cause it doesn't quite
end up well for ya. Number three is Vidkun Quisling. Norway's greatest
traitor, Vidkun Quisling, sold his country out to the
Nazis during World War II, for a relatively small slice of power. In 1933, he co-founded the Norwegian National Socialist Party, around the time that Adolf
Hitler founded the Nazi Party, but squandered its middling popularity with a pro-German, anti-Semitic platform. When Germany invaded
Norway on April 9th, 1940, Quisling announced the
Nazi coup over the radio, hoping to become the
Norwegian Nazi puppet. The Nazis ended up giving
him the toothless post of Minister President,
while German Josef Terboven was installed as commissioner, and reported directly to Hitler. Quisling lived out the war
in his opulent Oslo mansion, that was until the Nazis were defeated, and he was arrested on May 9th, 1945, tried for treason, and,
of course, executed. Thank you for betraying your country, the Fuhrer appreciates it. So what position do I get? Minister President. Yes, that's what you get. Okay, bye. Number two is Marcus Junius Brutus. There's a good chance
that Brutus lives down in the ninth circle of hell for betraying his best
friend, Julius Caesar, helping the Roman Senate stab him to death during the Ides of March in 44BC. Brutus was one of Caesar's best friends and closest confidants, but did not agree with Caesar
ruling Rome as a dictator, threatening democracy and
the Republic at large. The Roman Senators convinced
Brutus to take action because his own ancestor,
also named Brutus, was instrumental in overthrowing the Roman Monarchy in 509 BC. Together, they took
their boss, Caesar, down, in a cowardly fashion, inventing the art of
backstabbing, literally. Now, interestingly, while many see Brutus as
a traitor and a coward, William Shakespeare ambivalently
argues in Julius Caesar that Brutus was also a patriot and a hero. Yeah, well there's also arguments that William Shakespeare didn't
write any of his own stuff, and he made up 10% of the
words that he used, so, take that with a grain of salt. Number one is Judas Iscariot. Judas Iscariot was one of
Jesus Christ's 12 apostles pictured in Leonardo da
Vinci's The Last Supper, with a look of grief and despair. The Gospel of John says
that Judas greedily asked the religious authorities, who thought Jesus' ideas were dangerous, for a measly 30 pieces of silver, that would only be
worth about $3500 today. And he asked for that to
betray the son of God. Judas led them to Gethsemane
where Jesus was praying and identified him with a kiss. But, according to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus knew Judas would sell him out, declaring at the Last Supper that one of his apostles would betray him, which Judas confessed to. You know, you should
never betray a friend, but, if that friend may or
may not be the son of a deity, definitely not, definitely not. So, those were the 10 most
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