Homesick wife nearly blew D-Day
03 October 2016 - 10:33
As Britain's most important double agent of World War 2, the brilliant and cunning Juan Pujol Garcia - code named "Garbo" by MI5 - proved crucial in defeating Nazi Germany. However, during his pivotal work in giving the Germans a false location for the Allies' D-Day landings on June 6 1944 he came terrifyingly close to having his cover blown by his wife.
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