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Juan Pujol García MBE (Spanish: [ˈxwam puˈʝol ɣaɾˈθi.a]; 14 February 1912 – 10 October 1988), also known as Joan Pujol i García (Catalan: [ʒuˈam puˈʒɔl i ɣəɾˈsi.ə]), was a Spanish spy who acted as a double agent loyal to Great Britain against Nazi Germany during World War II, when he relocated to Britain to carry out ...
Jun 1, 2018 · After World War II, a critical MI5 spy named Juan Pujol Garcia faked his own death, and kept it secret for almost four decades. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about him.
Jul 7, 2012 · Juan Pujol Garcia lived a lie that helped win World War II. He was a double agent for the British, performing so well that they nicknamed him for the enigmatic actress Greta Garbo.
Double Agent Juan Pujol Garcia, a.k.a. 'Garbo', helped the Allies mislead the Germans as to the actual D-Day invasion landing site.
The Security Service made a significant contribution to the success of D-Day through its double agent Juan Pujol, codenamed GARBO, who has been described as the greatest double agent of the...
Nov 19, 2020 · How Spanish spy Juan Pujol Garcia, a.k.a. "agent GARBO," outsmarted the Nazis as a double agent and helped secure an Allied victory on D-Day. Juan Pujol García was so convincing that the Germans paid him a total of $1 million to support his network of 27 fictitious agents.
Files released today at The National Archives reveal the inside story of Juan Pujol Garcia, codenamed Garbo, the most remarkable of Britain’s Second World War Double Cross agents. The files...
Aug 23, 2018 · Juan Pujol Garcia was instrumental in ensuring the success of the Allied invasion of Europe on D Day and, by extension, the Allied victory of the Second World War. But his actions during the war...
Meet Juan Pujol, the spy who helped save the D-Day invasion—and who was entirely self-made. Stephan Talty tells his remarkable story in his new book, Agent Garbo .
Sep 13, 2023 · Juan Pujol García was a nobody. A failed chicken farmer, he bought his way out of service during the Spanish Civil War. But when Hitler came to power, he couldn’t just sit by and watch.
