Juan Pujol GarcÃa, known as Garbo, was a double agent in World War II who secretly worked for the British while posing as a spy for Nazi Germany. As part of Operation Fortitude, he sent false intelligence claiming the Allied invasion would happen at Pas de Calais instead of Normandy. The Germans trusted him so much that even after D-Day began, they delayed sending reinforcements because they believed the real attack was still coming somewhere else, which helped the Allies succeed.
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Given that “Garbo” was the codename the British gave him, I highly doubt the Germans would be calling him that…
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Juan Pujol GarcÃa, known as Garbo, was a double agent in World War II who secretly worked for the British while posing as a spy for Nazi Germany. As part of Operation Fortitude, he sent false intelligence claiming the Allied invasion would happen at Pas de Calais instead of Normandy. The Germans trusted him so much that even after D-Day began, they delayed sending reinforcements because they believed the real attack was still coming somewhere else, which helped the Allies succeed.
Given that “Garbo” was the codename the British gave him, I highly doubt the Germans would be calling him that…
(“Alaric” was his German codename.)