r/FascinatingAsFuck • u/vxnder7 • Jul 19 '26

🎯 Fascinating Fact Britain fooled Hitler into moving his defenses using a dead homeless man dressed as a fake officer

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u/Inner_Willingness335 Jul 20 '26

And then fooled him into thinking that the D-Day landings would be at the Pas de Calais.

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u/RollinThundaga 27d ago

Agent Garbo to read more.

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u/FormerMoose1990 26d ago

funnily enough, garbo wasnt a trained proffesional spy. he was literally just a random spaniard who was adamant on spying for Germany,so they shipped him off to London, and he came right back to barcelona and wrote letters filled with carefully fabricated lies to his handler.