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Operation Garbo, the Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy of World War II, by Juan Pujol, Nigel West

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Operation Garbo, the Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy of World War II, by Juan Pujol, Nigel West

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eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Operation Garbo

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electronic resource eBook

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dictionaries

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by Juan Pujol, Nigel West

Sub title

the Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy of World War II

Summary

Garbo was the British codename of Juan Pujol Garcia, perhaps the most influential spy of the Second World War. By feeding false information to the Germans on the eve of the D-Day landings he ensured Hitler held troops back that might otherwise have defeated the Normandy landings. This allowed the Allied push against the Nazis in Europe to begin. Amazingly, Garbo's cover was never broken and he remains the only person ever to have been awarded both the British MBE and the German Iron Cross. After the war Garbo faked his own death and fled to Venezuela with a mistress, where he later opened

Table Of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Garbo's Network of National Subagents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: Childhood; 2: Barcelona; 3: Civil War; 4: Madrid; 5: Lisbon; 6: Gibraltar; 7: London; 8: Garbo's Network; 9: Operation Fortitude; 10: Escape; 11: Victory; Epilogue; Appendix I; Appendix II; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; About the Authors; Copyright; Advertisement

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