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(0)Nigel West
Author
Publisher
Frontline Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Spies have made an extraordinary impact on the history of the 20th Century, but fourteen in particular can be said to have been demonstrably important. As one might expect, few are household names, and it is only with the benefit of recently declassified files that we can now fully appreciate the nature of their contribution. The criteria for selection have been the degree to which each can now be seen to have had a very definite influence on
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Series
Publisher
Biteback
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Juan Pujol, a.k.a. Juan Pujol Garcia, was born in Barcelona to Joan Pujol and Mercedes Guijarro Garcia. He was better known as Garbo, was perhaps the most influential spy of World War II. By feeding false information to the Germans on the eve of the D-Day landings he ensured their absence in great numbers from Normandy's beaches. This allowed the Allied push against Hitler to begin. Amazingly, Garbo's cover was never broken. After the war Juan Pujol...