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6 June 1944 - D-Day. The largest seaborne invasion in history. But the landings on Normandy’s beaches were not won by force of arms alone.

Behind the front lines, a secret war was being fought: a war of lies, deception, and misdirection. A handful of double agents, run by Britain’s MI5, wove a web of falsehoods so convincing that Hitler and his generals kept their armies waiting in the wrong place at the wrong time.

There are countless others, many of whom have been forgotten to history, who bravely contributed to the war effort and to the ultimate deception that paved the way for victory in Europe.

This collection of documentaries tells the stories of just a handful of the men and women whose stories have been preserved.

They are representative of every individual who fought so valiantly for the freedom we today so take for granted.

These are the D-Day Spies.

The double-agents covered in this supercut:

Introduction: 0:00
Tricycle (Dušan 'Dusko' Popov) 1:12
Bronx (Elvira Chaudoir) 47:16
Tate (Wulf Schmidt) 1:09:44
Zigzag (Eddie Chapman) 1:34:20
Brutus (Roman Czerniawski) 2:05:38
Treasure (Lily Sergueiew) 2:32:35
Garbo (Juan Pujol García) 3:09:59

Further reading (affiliate links):

📕 Double Cross: The True Story of The D-Day Spies - Ben Macintyre: https://amzn.to/45LW1xP
📕 The Big Network - Roman Czerniawski (out of print - look on eBay)
📕 Agent Tate: The Wartime Story of Harry Williamson - Tommy Jonason, Simon Olsson: https://amzn.to/4oJyTJl
📕 Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy - Ben Macintyre (https://amzn.to/4k03xKH)
📕 Mrs Zigzag: The Extraordinary Life of a Secret Agent's Wife - Betty Chapman (https://amzn.to/45ykOau)
📕 Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story - Frank Owen, Steve Chadde (https://amzn.to/448IvDB)
📕 The Real Eddie Chapman Story - Eddie Chapman (https://amzn.to/4liR6uI)
📕 Codename Tricycle - The True Story of the Second World War's Most Extraordinary Double Agent - Russell Miller (https://amzn.to/3K8VZZZ)
📕 Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-day, Stephen Talty - https://amzn.to/4anSNkn
📕 Operation Garbo: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy of World War II, Juan Pujol Garcia & Nigel West - https://amzn.to/3QNz6M4
📕 Garbo: The Spy Who Saved D-Day, National Archives - https://amzn.to/3K2eagu
📕 Codename TREASURE: The Life of D-Day Spy, Lily Sergueiew (https://amzn.to/3KBK5VR)