SPAIN/BRITAIN BBC News recently revealed that a memo was found recently that tells of what was an audacious double-cross that fooled the Nazis and shortened World War II. The article also tells of the man behind the memo, Juan (in Catalan, Joan) Pujol García (photo), "an unassuming-looking Spanish businessman who was, in fact, one of the war's most effective double agents." Code named Garbo by British Intelligence, the Nazis considered him one of their prize assets, and gave him the code name of Alaric Arabel. It was Garbo who sent the message that was picked up by the Nazis and made them believe the Allied invasion of Europe would happen at the Pas de Calais, instead of the Normandy beaches. The ploy saved thousands, if not millions of lives by shortening the war. Some fascinating biographical notes on Pujol are on Wikipedia.
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