World War II is undoubtedly the most magnificent war in human history, if the Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in World War II, then what fundamentally changed the war situation was the Normandy landing. But it was also inseparable from the role of a good Spanish spy named Juan Puyol Garcia.
From the british MI6 point of view, Juan is the most meritorious, but the German Nazis on the other side of his service may not see it this way. Let's take a look at the legendary life of this double-material ace.
As a spy, the body often needs to be meticulous, rigorous, serious and several other important qualities, but these qualities in Juan, but completely not reflected, born in Barcelona in 1912 Juan, in the school idle for a few years, realize that they do not like to learn, 16-year-old Juan came to a hardware store to work, and then Juan changed a variety of jobs, including animal husbandry, or the management of the cinema, but Juan is always unable to sink the temperament, so he repeatedly changed things. His father, the owner of a dye factory, gave Juan a rich and willful life.
In 1933, with the German Nazis coming to power, Spain was sympathetic and supportive of the Nazis, but Juan did not think so, he wanted to do things for the side that resisted the Nazis, so he rushed to the British to throw his resume, volunteered to be a spy, as for the British, did not look up to this bombastic brother, politely refused his request.
Juan was naturally unconvinced, so I would join the Nazis! But Juan, who had been rejected, understood that to be accepted, he had to have a perfect identity. Juan had a brilliant eloquence, fooling around in front of the Germans, making himself a fanatical Nazi Spanish government official and frequenting London.
This did arouse the interest of the German intelligence services, at that time Spain, still a neutral country, was able to freely enter and leave various places on both sides, and Juan was true, he could undoubtedly provide a huge amount of intelligence, so in 1940, Germany recruited Juan as a spy, and after accelerating his espionage training on the Spanish and French border, gave him a set of spy equipment, including a secret writing, a bottle of invisible ink, a codebook and 600 pounds (which is not a small amount) of funds, He embarked on a journey to England.
What did Juan do after the opening with the German intelligence department? In fact, he went to Lisbon, Portugal, where Juan stayed in a library and found a book called The Guide to England, which Juan began to make up data about England and send them to Berlin. It has to be said that Juan did have a set of skills in counterfeiting, his intelligence was vivid and detailed, and the Germans did not expect that he would complete his espionage work in this way. Juan even claimed that he was constantly developing in London and expanded to a team of 28 people, and the Nazis believed it, they really paid Juan the salary of 28 people, Juan also told the Germans that they should first enter the Lisbon account to hide their eyes, and the Nazis were equally convinced.
In fact, Juan did not join the Nazis to serve them, he had a clear view of right and wrong, so Juan's purpose was purely to do destruction. He provided a steady stream of disinformation to the Germans. Soon Britain's MI6 also became aware of Juan's presence, as their intelligence networks discovered that poor Germans, guided by Juan, were using vast resources in the Atlantic to find a convoy that did not exist in Britain. Eventually, through the search, the British persuaded Juan to join MI6, and in this way, Juan became a "Mission Impossible" and officially came to London to work.
In order to gain more trust in Juan, the British would even deliberately give Juan some real information to give to the Nazis, for which Juan received the German Iron Cross Medal, and later, he also received the British Empire Medal from King George VI, which also made Juan the only person in the warring countries on both sides of the World War II to receive awards. In the Battle of Normandy, Juan effectively provided intelligence to mislead the Germans into thinking that the Allies would land at Calais, so two armored divisions and 19 infantry divisions were deployed there, but Normandy seemed relatively empty.
In fact, the Allied army had assembled and launched a major offensive in normandy waters, and after this battle, Juan also retired, and the Nazis were always kept in the dark, thinking that he was unfortunately defeated and captured by the British.
After World War II, Juan was finally able to enjoy his old age, moved to Venezuela, where he ran a gift shop, and in 1984, the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings, Puyol also went to the beaches of Normandy to question the victims of the time, and his legendary spy life was also recorded in history.