• i_am_somebody@lemmy.sdf.org
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    19 days ago

    Joan Pujol, a Spanish spy acting as a double agent, but loyal to the allies, convinced hitler that the D-Day was a diversion. His story is unbelievable and I recommend that everybody checks it out. The nazis were so close to stopping D-Day and this foreigner convinced them otherwise.

    Oh and he made the nazis fund a spy group which did not exist. He forged travel expenses and reports and made the nazis pay for like a dozen people’s salaries.

    Incredible story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pujol_García

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      19 days ago

      Oh and the nazis never discovered the ruse. Even after losing the war they awarded them an iron cross. Absolute legend.