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Operation Garbo: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy of World War II
Juan Garcia Pujol
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Description for Operation Garbo: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy of World War II
Paperback. In his own exciting account, Garbo recalls his career. A fantastic addition to the Dialogue Espionage Classics series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Garbo was the British codename of Joan Puyol 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, ... Read more
Garbo was the British codename of Joan Puyol 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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Biteback Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849541077
SKU
V9781849541077
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About Juan Garcia Pujol
Juan Pujol Garcia was born in Barcelona in 1912. He died in Caracas in 1988. Nigel West is the pen name of Rupert Allason, a military historian and author specialising in intelligence and security issues.
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