Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day
of Stephan Talty (Goodreads Author), Clinton Wade (Narrator)
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In the tradition of Agent Zig-Zag, a best-selling author shares the greatest of all World War II espionage stories. One of history's greatest spies finally gets his due: Agent Garbo tells the astonishing story of a self-made secret agent who saved tens of thousands of lives. Juan Pujol was a nobody, a Barcelona poultry farmer determined to oppose the Nazis. Using only his gift for daring falsehoods, Pujol became Germany's most valued agent — it took four tries before the British believed he was really on their side. "Agent Garbo" turned in a masterpiece of deception worthy of his big-screen namesake. Pujol composed phony telegrams, cooked up documents, and brought a vast network of fictional sub-agents to whirring life. For his greatest performance, Pujol had to convince the German high command that the D-Day invasion of Normandy was a feint, and they should maintain troop strength at Calais instead. They bought it, keeping entire battalions near Calais for a week. Based on years of archival research and interviews with Pujol's family, Agent Garbo is a true-life thriller set in one of history's most important theaters.
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- Format Audiobook
- Pages 0 pages
- Publisher Audible Studios
- Publication Date 2013
- First Publication 01/01/12
- Language English
- ISBN 9780547614816
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
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