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When your most trusted spy is literally working against you
When your most trusted spy is literally working against you
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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.)
Juan Pujol García, 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.
Even better is that they believed him to the very end. At 3am on the morning of June 6, when he sent his messages to the Germans which often contained genuine information, but was outdated and no longer useful by the time it arrived, he received no response as many of the Germans had gone to sleep for the night. This spurred him to send even more highly detailed but unhelpful information which the Germans didn’t receive until 8 o’clock in the morning, by which point the Allied invasion was well underway. He chastised his German handlers for their unprofessionalism and negligence of their duties. His insistence and the accuracy of his information coupled with the supposed failure of German radio operators convinced the Germans to keep two armored divisions and 19 infantry divisions in reserve in Pas de Calais until August while the Allies continued to sweep through northern France.
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Juan Pujol García, 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.
Even better is that they believed him to the very end. At 3am on the morning of June 6, when he sent his messages to the Germans which often contained genuine information, but was outdated and no longer useful by the time it arrived, he received no response as many of the Germans had gone to sleep for the night. This spurred him to send even more highly detailed but unhelpful information which the Germans didn’t receive until 8 o’clock in the morning, by which point the Allied invasion was well underway. He chastised his German handlers for their unprofessionalism and negligence of their duties. His insistence and the accuracy of his information coupled with the supposed failure of German radio operators convinced the Germans to keep two armored divisions and 19 infantry divisions in reserve in Pas de Calais until August while the Allies continued to sweep through northern France.
Printed on demand by Printify. Ships from the US or UK depending on location.
This shirt is made from responsibly sourced materials and printed using sustainable practices. To care for your shirt, machine wash cold inside-out with like colors and tumble dry low. Do not iron directly on the print.
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