How WW2's Worst Spy Got Medals from Both Sides
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Juan Pujol García was a Spanish spy who acted as a double agent loyal to Great Britain against Germany during World War II, when he relocated to Britain to carry out fictitious spying activities for the Germans under the codename Garbo.
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Your video gave me some great laughs today Jack. Laughs that I badly needed. So thanks so much. Have a great day or night wherever you are.
The British: You are without doubt the worst spy I've ever heard of.
Garcia: “But you have heard of me.”
British: yeah, that's the problem!
You forgot to mention a moment where his wife almost sold him out to the Germans because she missed living in Spain. So he ordered MI5 to have himself arrested and convince his wife not to go along with selling him out.
He psyoped his own wife. Absolutely legend of gaslighting
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@@shanestevens5352 3 times
You missed out one of the best bits at the end - the journalist who wanted to write about him tracked him down by looking up every J. Garcia in the Barcelona phone book until he found the guy's nephew.
There's also the minor fun facts that his first British codename was Bovril, and that when many of his messages were delayed, the Germans decided it would speed things up if they sent him their strongest codebook (only one step down from sending him an enigma machine).
From Garbo to Bovril; theres a life story for ya /ref
@@SylviaRustyFae Ah, a fellow connoisseur.
@@SylviaRustyFaemystery biscuits! (Oh yeah)
What a morons! XD
This makes story so much better!
As you know, the world’s most famous spy is the world’s worst spy
"Most secret agents don't tell every harlot from here to Hanoi that they are secret agents!"
It's an absolutely genius cover. A spy so bad he couldn't possibly be a threat...but he is! He is, in reality, a cracking master of spycraft!
Sterling Mallory Archer?
@@TheGhostofRandolphBourne "Then, why even do it?"
It think that's the next line.
@@austinvaldovino8303 More or less.
OPERATION XX, DOUBlE CROSS.
Say what you will, the British had a sense of humor.
I mean they were also a part of the Twenty Comitte😂
Would have been hilarious if he then started the beer company that makes "Dos equis"
@@noonespecial9704 Ah, the Twenty committee... Sometimes I have to winder about the wisdom of using such obvious puns to name your super-important war committee, but then I remember that they were fighting the Germans, so humour was probably the best disguise after all.
Indeed, something of a rarity for them really
Again, I love how we frame the nazis as these grand, intelligent monsters when in reality they got tricked by a chicken farmer.
Although not as bad as the Axis, the Allies were also a hot mess. Take the invasion of Italy, for example. We only won as easily as we did because Italian grandmothers told their Italian grandchildren to stop shooting at their American grandchildren.
Himmler himself was a chicken farmer, so they where basically equals.
@@garrettknapp-frey7712so we only won because Germany didn’t have proper control?
My favorire part of Garbo's story is how much he drank, gambled, and whored on the Nazi dime. Stick it to em boss!
Everyones favorite dictator: "Man! This guy is good! If only all my other spies where just like him!"
They were every German spy in Britain was a double agent telling lied to Germany
Ayy the best worst best spy ever!
@@Jasonwolf1495 Must have felt good to get paid to be as bad at your job as possible
@@JackRackam Not just bad, so exceptionally precisely bad that they think everything is their own fault instead.
Man had a so many career changes and switch’s that he give Fritz a run for his money
8:27 I'm gonna remember that when a meeting isn't going my way... [bangs fist on table] *_"I cannot accept excuses or negligence. Were it not for my ideals I would abandon the work I do for you."_*
"The English speaks English" still has me roflmaoin xD
it's because of shit like this that I can't ever take the 'what if nazis won' stories seriously 🤣
Oh it’s this guy. I’ve heard of this guy. Time ghost loves him. Also, part of the reason the abwehr failed to catch him was because the head of the abwehr, Wilhelm canaris, and his deputy, Hans oster, both disliked the party and did everything they could to sabotage the war effort
Canaris and Osters dislike of the Nazis was due to them opposing the Holocaust. Although Canaris was likely himself somewhat anti semtic he did not support violence or murder against Jews and was therefore appalled by the Holocaust. Oster on the other hand not only opposed the murder of Jews but also opposed the persecution of Jewish people and he began to oppose the Nazis in 1933 or 1934 which was 6 or 7 years before Canaris. Canaris himself actually managed to save the lives of hundreds of Jewish people with 500 of them being smuggled out of the Netherlands and another 14 being smuggled into Switzerland. Canaris and Oster were unfortunately eventually caught and in 1945 were executed for their attempts to overthrow or kill the Austrian painter.
Actually it was 5 to 6 years before Canaris.
@@jfournerat1274 oh
@@jfournerat1274 I know
At the 9:14 mark, you note that his actions made "Garcia one of only two men to have been decorated by both sides in World War II."
So, who was the other person?
Definitely it wasn't him, but Pavle Đurišić was decorated by both Yugoslav government-in-exile and by Germany.
Eddie Chapman, another double agent. He was a British criminal who offered to spy for the Germans, and he was one of the many German agents that had been turned by the 20 Committee by the time that Garbo comes around.
9:15 cmon you can’t just drop that and not even mention who the other guy is. I need to go down a research rabbit hole dammit!
did you find it?
@@Talonidas7403 Yeah, it was Eddie Chapman. Honestly I think it’s an even more interesting story. He was a criminal released from a prison in Jersey. Beyond feeding the Germans false info he worked with MI5 to fake sabotage on important factories.
3:30 For the intro? I think that's a new record. Im not counting the time he forgot the intro and played it in the next video.
Which video was that?
@raritania7581 Ivan the terrible video doesn't have an intro, Jack played two intros in the Moses of Oklahoma to make up for it.
@@godzilla9619 thanks
Gods, he must've been stifling one hell of a laugh while Hitler was decorating him. "What's that mein fuhrer? Great work in Calais? *hrmph* Danke sehr!"
“Chaotic goober” brilliant!
With so many of your videos connecting to the Spanish Civil War recently, isn't it time to finally make one on Buenaventura Durruti? The spanish militia leader with a life like an adventure movie and a misterious death?
Reds are Royalists ?
Purples are Communists ?
Why does that seem backwards to me ? 😢
Spain's a pretty weird place, politically speaking.
It's more fitting, if you ask me
It's because of each flag's colour scheme. The fascists use the current scheme and the republicans used red, yellow and purple
It's because the Spanish civil war is what happens when a country, not the people in the country, but the nation-state itself, has a stroke.
Love how when you pass in front of the display, the text is warped like you were actually blocking an overhead projector. A small thing your team didn't have to do, but you did anyway, and we love you for it.
Who was the other guy who got medals from both sides? I must know!
Why its the legendary Lauri Törni aka The COMMIESLAYER. The Finnish man who managed to get both the Iron Cross of the Wehrmacht and the Purple heart of the US army.
THEN USE A SEARCH ENGINE!
@@dalesabandal9113Not just the US Army, but MACV-SOG and the Green Berets during Vietnam. He REALLY hated Communism, making him a personal hero
@@dalesabandal9113 Lauri Törni was decorated by the Statesers for actions undertaken during the War of American Aggression in Vietnam. He doesn't fit the brief of someone decorated by both sides of WWII.
Check in here if ya first learned of Garbo from Citation Needed
Garbo insisting that Normandy was just a diversion and Calais was the REAL D-day location for WEEKS after the invasion already started, then chewing the Germans out for being incompetent and not responding, only to still earn the highest German military honor for his 'intelligence' work will forever be one of the most hilarious things in history.
I used to subscribe a lot to the ideas that Germany was superior than the allied forces but watching more and more of these videos has made me realize they were just as dumb as everyone else but got lucky.
If by "got lucky" you really mean "lost the War," then, in that case, we ALL "got lucky."
@@frenzalrhomb6919 they got lucky in the first half, Allied powers got smarter in the second.
@@kar3228 Pffft! You regurgitation taught in history like the billions of others they have fooled.
There were no axis or allies in reality! Who the hell do you think funded Hitler, got him into power, gave him the money to build a country in RUINS into a SUPER NATION and made sure that he was fed enough amphetamines and persuasion by the people around so that events would transpire as wanted resulting in the founding of Israel, the UN and NATO?
You're not taught these things in history classes 'cause you're not supposed to question these things or know about them.
There are even movies from the 1940's that were MADE DURING WW2 that flat out tell that the war is planned and nothing but a money making business.
One example is Alfred Hitchcock's "The Saboteur" which I think was made in 1943.
There were also millions of people who were aware of this.
But YOU and everyone else have been taught the Axxis and Allies bullshit.
A maniac just magically gained power in Germany and over night a bombed out bankrupt nation became a super power and just invaded all of Europe.
Let's not mention that countries like Norway had their air force ordered out to make LANDING STRIPS FOR THE GERMANS TO LAND ON 2 DAYS LATER!
FORGET ABOUT THAT! DON'T MENTION THAT SHIT IN THE HISTORY BOOKS!
YET THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE REMEMBER IT!
You talk about a fairy tale story for kids... WW2!
What was it Napeoleon said?
"History is a lie commonly agreed upon" ???
He should know. If you look at his portraits he is showing you that he is part of THE HIDDEN HAND!
Who would have thought people that thought melanin level and eye colour were a sign of genetic superiority were also thick as sh1t.
Potential History had a good video on this. Apparently Germany was fairly smart in the beginning. Interrwar era soldiers were trained two roles above in preparation for planned expansion and WWI vets were brought back in as either senior NCOs or company commanders for the first few years of WWII. By mid war the manpower and material losses started stacking up and ideology replaced competence. I think it's safe to say if Hitler stopped with France or waited a few years before executing Operation Barbarossa things probably would ended up different.
Jack! You always make My day with these! Please consider Francisco franco
@@danielsantiagourtado3430 Ooh, I hadn't thought about him before, that might be interesting. Consider him considered!
@@JackRackam YAY! thanks!
That's one of the happiest endings I've heard on this channel for quite a while! 😊
We're more than a third of the way in and you finally drop the title music. What is this, Economics Explained?
9:39 I need to know that song, I know he has it in the description but I can't find it.
Pure hits disco dance fun strings? It's probably not a full song just a short loop or stinger.
Found it on audiojungle. Or just Google "dance disco fun strings" with the quotation marks
Who was the othet guy in the pictures of the two men who got awards from both sides?
Sit down, open RUclips. Find a new Jack video, hell yeah.
That was also something with him being forced to fool his wife as she wanted to go home
Now THAT is why I subscribed years ago. Great story told in a factual yet humorous way, gotta love that.
Hey, just a little heads-up with the personal names: Pujol is a Catalan surname, so the J is pronounced as in English or as in French. Also, the first surname isn't omitted as middle names in English, but it is rather the common way to refer to a person (so you'd say Pujol, Joan Pujol or Joan Pujol Garcia, but not Joan Garcia).
I HAVE NEEDED THIS FROM YOU YESTERDAY JACK!
Garbo: "We're doing a little trolling"
Garbo gave them Garbage information.
The last time I was this early Spain was still a world power.
You had me at "sapphic icon"
Needs to know intensifies.
Ya know, I'm starting to think it might be more effective to characterize the nazis as cringe fools rather than evil to make them uncool again.
I feel like Garcilo would say at the allies "I dont like facist and I dont like nationalist and i certiny dont like the german party they are the combination of everything I hate."
Wow, to be awarded medals for being terrible at your job by not just one but TWO world leaders. Now that's... good?
🤣🤣🤣
I would not call him the worst spy. This dude did an absolutely banger Job if you ask me. Spying isn't all about stealing from the enemy, it's about deceiving them too and he did that part VERY well! Man, really makes you wonder what the Germans were thinking with this guy- they were naive af!
Is it just me? Or does Garcia look a little like Putin.
This is by far my most favorite spy story from World war II - I always stop and listen to it whenever I hear it on TV in a documentary.
9:15 who's the other?
I’m guessing Larry thorne
Wait, then who's the other person who got decorated by both sides?
A real-life Sterling Archer
This guy is a hoot! Fun story and can make a fun game!
If I remember correctly Finland had worked with everybody during WW2 so if they didn't refuse Nazi medals on principal many would have medals from both sides. I guess Soviet soldiers could also have medals from both sides depending on when they got the medal.
"If there's one thing he's has much as communists, its fascists."
Based. Always say no to both.
This guy is a legend
The first minute of this sounds eerily familiar...
9:15 Who is the second one?
If the Spanish peseta still existed, I'd say he should be on one of its banknotes. But it doesn't so I won't say anything.
If only the Republic had not lost the Spanish Civil War.❤💛💜
Yeah, let the side that killed entire families in paracuellos and murdered Nuns and priests for years before 1936 win...what could go wrong?
Nah, we would have ended as a soviet satellite
I don't like franco but the republic is a joke
@@Miguel-fo9cd the Nationalists and their coup was the whole reason the Communists were gaining more power in the Republic to begin with. The Soviets were the only ones proviing aid to the Republicans but demanded more influence for the Spanish Communist Party in return, poisoned help one could call it. If France or Britain had helped the Spanish Republic all of that would have been avoided. Besides that the Communists were removed from power in the Republican zone before the end of the Civil War so it is not at all guaranteed that a Republican Spain in a victory or a stalemate situation would be a Soviet satellite state.
@@Miguel-fo9cd the Nationalists and their coup was the whole reason the Communists became more powerful in Republican Spain to begin with. The Soviets were the only ones to provide aid to the Republic and demanded more influence for the Spanish Communist Party in return, poisoned help one could call it. If France or Britain had helped the Republic than the Communist and the Fascist takeover could have been avoided. Besides that the Communists were removed from power in the Reoublican zone befoe the Civil War ended so it is not at all guaranteed that a Republican Spain in a victory or stalemate situation would be a Soviet satellite.
@@Miguel-fo9cd francoist Spain would have always been a dictatorship, with the Republic democracy was an option shortly before the end of the war when the Communists were removed from power in the Republican zone by the Republicans themselves.
Garbo is the man I aspire to be
“mr garbo”
“isnt garbo”
delightful misdirection.
Diy spy
Please make a video about the Weimar Republic. Thank you
Dear Jack Rackham - Kudos for using the Arte Johnson graphic! Sincerely, An Old Person
Imagine being that one Nazi hiding in Argentina reading the autobiography.
Huh. Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.
Kinda looks like Vladimir Putin with a bad haircut
Those two medals side by side look so wrong, yet the how is so cool.
I want to be a chaotic goober for the forces of good when I grow up...
Lopez Betty Martinez Ronald Walker Larry
Who was the other guy who got medals from both sides?
We love your HISTORY
He's so bad that he's so good
Little know fact: after he did all that the guy opened the first Cinema in coast town Choroní, in Venezuela.
You would have to be both really good and really lucky to get away with what Garbo did in WWII. Great video Jack.
Other than the enigma machine the axis was infamously bad at intelligence/counter-intelligence
@@Freekymoho---That's part of the reason why Garbo was so lucky. And well their were moments where German counter-intelligence was good. Their counter-intelligence in Holland was really good. Trust me their it was very good.
It doesn’t say great things about his secrecy as a spy that I immediately knew this was about Juan Pujol Garcia just based on the video’s title
I love this man
The guy has a section in the official mi5 website. I can't paste the link because youtube.
Unbelievable!!
"I'm a Fanatical Nazi (I'm not)" -Juan Pujol Garcia
Which by the way the Citation Needed episode on him is gold I highly recommend
Anyone ever heard of "Operation Solo" (Morris Childs)?
Nice
cool
The German's did Nazi that coming!! . . . lol
That last sentence made me laugh out loud hard for some reason
Churchill is in the title, but I don’t think I saw him in the video 🤔
I feel this says more about medals than anything else.
This was the longest opening yet
Would love it if you do Huey Long, the dictator of Louisiana next, Jack!
Excellent video.
Just casual Spy stuff
We are so back!! 🎉🎉
I needed this.😂
Swag 😎
Blas de Lezo moment😉
actually crazy
OG polyworker
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Definition of taking initiative 😅😮
9:13 is the other one Larry Thorne?
He never got any British medals, though he was decorated by the US years later.
@@Significantpower he never said British medals
Come on RUclips do better, give me my notifications! I could have watched this 3hrs ago had I known!!