Garbo: The Greatest Double Agent of World War 2 | True Life Spy Stories

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Primary sources (afiiliate links):

📕 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

Media shown in this video (affiliate links):

🎞️ A Man Escaped (1956) - https://amzn.to/3wKyznq
🎞️ Above Suspicion (1943) - https://amzn.to/4bwxiQ4
🎞️ Cloak And Dagger (1946) - https://amzn.to/4anHrwY
🎞️ Eye Of The Needle (1981) - https://amzn.to/44WQQdS
🎞️ For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) - https://amzn.to/3K9SvmA
🎞️ Foreign Correspondent (1940) - https://amzn.to/4avnHHQ
🎞️ Inglourious Bastards (2009) - https://amzn.to/3wM2Imf
🎞️ Night Train To Munich (1940) - https://amzn.to/3WSDjlp
🎞️ School For Danger (1947) -    • School For Danger (1943)  
🎞️ The Eagle Has Landed (1976) - https://amzn.to/4dHeOOh
🎞️ The Third Man (1949) - https://amzn.to/3V4WzuC
🎞️ The World At War (1973) - https://amzn.to/3QS5Bc0
🎞️ They Met In The Dark (1943) - https://amzn.to/3wzME78
🎞️ They Raid By Night (1942) - https://amzn.to/3K8iGtR
🎞️ While At War (2019) - https://amzn.to/3V61HPk
🎞️ World War II in Colour (2009) - https://amzn.to/3QS5Bc0

1939, Barcelona. Amidst the ruins of the Spanish Civil War, a man finds himself standing at a crossroads. The brutality of the conflict in his own country has left him disillusioned, and the ominous spectre of Nazi Germany looms large over Europe. He can continue to run and to hide, or he can face his enemy dead on and fight against tyranny.

Armed with nothing more than his wits and imagination, Juan Pujol Garcia embarks on a remarkable journey that would transform him from a chicken farmer and a failed businessman into a self-made spy. His elaborate network of fictional sub-agents, he has Nazis hanging on his every word. As the Allies meticulously plan their invasion of Normandy and the liberation of Europe, he becomes their secret weapon, masterfully deceiving the enemy.

Arguably the most successful double-agent in all recorded history, this is the true story of the brilliant, eccentric Agent GARBO - the myth, the spy, the legend.

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