The Insane Story Of The Allied War Hero Who Sold Out To The Nazis
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- Опубликовано: 29 янв 2022
- How did a WW2 war hero secretly become a Nazi? Don't miss today's insane true story that reveals how one soldier played both sides of the war, and lost!
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This man took the word "if you can't beat them, join them" to another level
And then they lost.
🤣😂
actually that’s 7
The Kevin Durant of WW2
I wonder if we will ever discover the full extent of Harold Cole's treachery. Men like this take secrets to the grave with them.
That is true
Everybody takes secrets to the grave with them.
@@DimBeam1 Well, some of us more than others.
@@Wkumar07 Well yeah, thats obvious. Just like some of 'us' have low IQ's. Everybody is different.
Most of us take secrets to the grave that we don't even realize are secrets.
I'd watch a feature length film about this man's life.
Nahh
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
@@BEGAECATS WTF?
@@BEGAECATS you tried
@@ScrubMyTub that’s the thing I don’t think he did
Basically, tekashi 69
It's very rare that an individual arises that is way too dangerous to keep around. And Harold Cole was one of those people. Great video.
If you keep up with serial killer cases or just bizarre murders that happen every couple weeks, I'd say it's not rare at all.
@@Select2Play yea how many out of 7 billion people are those? It is very rare.
@@danibaba7058 yet one still shows up every 2 weeks or so.
Palpatine **cough***cough**
@@Select2Play meh
"I'm playing on both sides so I always come out on top. "
This guy literally switched teams irl
This is a fascinating story. Would make a great movie.
There's a film
Surprising he's not more well known. At least he isn't much so in America. I hadn't heard about him until this video and know a lot about World War 2 and watch videos and docs about it. He's a straight up James Bond villain.
@@jon-unicorn-doxxer
Well? ………what’s the film ?
@@Domzdream yah .. film name pls
@@hihunter7 In the U.S. we don’t know a lot about WW2. We know a lot about the U.S. involvement in WW2. We don’t focus on the war in a whole, only the parts that make us look good.
There is so much more to this man that we'll never know. What a crazy life...
Ah yes, storming into someone’s house and then locking into the bathroom with a window.
*Perfect.*
he will never escape
Anime Editz they might have been wrong. but what would have you done you genius?
yes
He did the unthinkable, instead of bathing or pooping, he escaped!
I feel like maybe those officers got bribed
The same narcissistic tendencies that are recognized as leadership, are what drives men like him. All too often we value competition over cooperation. The self versus the whole, and while a man who will do anything to survive sounds like they would make a great soldier or spy... its an even greater risk to recruit someone like that.
They may do some initial good out of necessity but we all know over time how they'll use that logic to take more for themselves just to make the scales "even". It's short-term good and long-term damage.
@@blacklight1104 Quite so.
The one's who enlist expecting to die make the best recruits.
Competition over cooperation all day.
nothing narcissistic is remotely leadership qualities. narcissists arent leaders
This story makes "British Intelligence" an oxymoron lol Seriously how many times did he dupe the agency? lol
The British were decent on the intelligence side of WW2. It was probably their greatest contribution.
But it also goes to show you can't have a perfect track record.
We offered more intelligence during the war than virtually any other nation, including the States.
@@thatonelocalauthority2809 Lol Soviets had the best Intelligence network in history both during the war and into the Cold War, you do realize they were apart of the Allies too right?
No one is perfect I guess
@@12zack1 maybe the Cold War, but during the war British intelligence was the most significant
This was a guy that had no integrity or moral boundaries. Whatever benefited him materialistically, he did. Selfish narcissism to the extreme.
It’s not really as easy to resist
Optimist
The allies were pure evil
The real life Littlefinger. Chaos is a ladder indeed.
Yeah, might as well have been
There is also a double agent from Spain that worked for the Nazis and the British and I believe he is the only one to receive decorations from both sides during World War II. You guys should make a video of him.
Indeed. Juan Pujol Garcia. Codenamed Garbo.
@@morningstar6552 two face would be a more suitable codename for a man with this reputation lol
Wow. The absolute definition of a complete sociopath and utter coward, in just the position to do the most damage to the allied cause in order to save his own skin. Had he been alive in the 80s or 2000s, you know he'd be the 'Wolf of Wall st.' as well.
Actually he was brave lol. It takes guts to do what he did.
Just imagine how many people there are like this in the world. Their just hiding in the dark and slowly eating up their victims.
@@Alpha-bz6ke oh relax lol. I bet you’re no angel
@@Alpha-bz6ke ew
M8 the persona he created was one that lived and spent lavishly thus not doing so would have affected operational integrity and his behavior was in line with that of many intelligence officers in enemy/adversary nations. Going after him seems to be at the start seems to be more of a political witch hunt and he just happened to be the least politically connected person on the list and thus the example to be made
These shows are so informative i literally passed my history exam because of these videos keep up the good work
It’s mostly lies
They taught me more than actual school
@Got It you always need to search things up for yourself, but if this is true, he was surely worshipping Loki or some other deities related to trickery
@@derinko “The internet is always right 100% of the time.” -Sun Tzu
this channel more often than not has errors in facts tho.
Wait whoa ....what's school?
I wish Mr Cole were my teacher!
Its sickening how some ppl uae their talents and intelligence for evil.
You need to be a monster to survive among monsters.
Religious leaders and politicians do that!!
Evil natural selection
@@acreativeeccentric.9312 right. Because no one was smart enough to come up with an idea save everyone from monsters all the time so this comment justifies it
@@acreativeeccentric.9312 no you don’t...almost nobody behaved this way. Thanks though.
Probably one of the biggest snitches in history
Mhm.
nah thats the east india company, they literally constantly snitched on eachother so they could get more slaves and loot villages and trick the parlaments into giving them more grants.
The way that guy screamed was so weird
You can only get lucky for a couple of times until your luck finally runs out and you are forced to face the consequences of your actions
you're*
@@brndn9423 no
Keep telling yourself that to feel better ig
@@brndn9423 there's no need for that
In other words, he was a survivor
This man switched sides more than Italy. I'm impressed (but disgusted)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds Italy both impressive and disgusting.
Ha good one.
Loyalty are for fools, opportunist ideals are superior
@@professorsaito5399 no
@@professorsaito5399 If the world was like that you'd be the fool every opportunist would use
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He pretended to be Optimus Prime but he was Starscream all along.
I love your videos!
When you play the first half of the game with good karma and accidentally pick an evil option, and decide to roll with it
I honestly think he got off way too easy for what he did.
Mr Cole was a good man
@@misterbig9025 Agree
He wouldn't have gotten off easy had he been placed under arrest, if only he didn't have that gun. He would have been convicted of high treason and given the noose.
@@ITIsFunnyDamnIT or the firing squad
I thought this kind of stories could only happen in fiction but then i realised the sad reality it wasn't the case
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
I love your videos
This is an Interesting story will make sure to search more about this
Nice video
Harold was like a chaotic neutral character from D&D.
With guys like him, who needs enemies?
“Standing here I realize, that you are just like me trying to make history”
You learn something new every day
Justice is once again served.
He would have been better off skipping out to Spain, and then perhaps to South America. A man of his talents could have started again, no matter where he pitched up!
Always be positive and kind hearted to each other
I wonder if he was smart or the intelligence of both the nazis and allies was that bad at figuring this out?
Bit of both for sure.
High functioning Narcissists and natural manipulators. Probably both.
This dude deserve an entire TV series or a tetralogy
Cool vidio!!!
That. ending sounds suspicious. A guy like that could easily fake his death
"I play both sides so I always end up on top."
wake up babe, new Infographics Show
From a crook, to war hero, to deserter, and finally a traitor. What a life...
This should be a movie
Anyone else get Jane’s Addiction’s “Caught Stealin’” when the words “been caught stealing” is said?
So he clearly was an awful person, but it does seem the allies would’ve been better off allowing him to continue to steal money from them given he was at least doing a pretty good job saving people even if he could’ve saved more.
He wasn't stealing a little money, he was diverting a huge amount of resources that was SUPPOSED to be used to help save people from the Nazi's to enrich himself. Keep in mind too that those resources don't come from nowhere, those are resources that could have also been used to aid in the war effort, to help with the medical coast of fallen soldiers or feed allied citizens displaced from the war. Likewise as the British correctly reasoned, if this man had no problem stealing from people he was supposed to be saving from the Nazi's then there's no telling what he would do if captured or if he wanted more money. He was simply too dangerous to be left on unchecked, their big mistake was not properly securing him and/or shooting him the first time he was captured.
And as history showed the man had no problem selling out anyone to make money.
@@alexblake5369 you're drinking the kool aid if you think he got away with all of this and it wasn't all apart of the plan.
@@alexblake5369 wake up bro
What he did early on was not rare among intelligence officers at the time since you got to do them lavish expenses to keep up appearances if your persona is the type that would do that. Sending someone to arrest him seems very unconventional and perhaps politically motivated what happened after is he played the cards he was given and had plenty of good hands but he kept playing and eventually that was it
@@alexblake5369 good if I was in his position I would steal money from the evil satanic allies too.
Allies are a threat to humanity
The type writer thing was kinda legendary ngl Harold Colddddd
Five bucks says he’s hidden a few treasures that have not been found to this day.
That's one clever fox one wouldn't mess with.Apart from his conscience,his criminal mind is something to marvel at.
This is a classic case of psychopathy in action.
Such a charismatic person! If only he used his talent for good, so many lives wouldn't be wasted.!
This would make a really great movie with an unlikeable protagonist. I’d cast Colin Firth to play Harold Cole.
acording to the cia water boarding wasn't torture at the time i ain't excusing the nazis but from what i know it wasn't seen as torture but rather as enhanced interagation
It still is enchanted interrogation, just an illegal one
The holocoust wasnt genocide, it was an enhanced birth control techniques
@@maximussaktish different times
@@axdde6428 slavery = enhanced laboring
Even if it was considered torture, It wasn’t like they weren’t already doing much worse
so he was a double crosser.
x 2
This guy was the Italy of Great Britain back then.
Plot twist:
He actually hired a look-alike to play a "role" in a "movie", and he convinced this unwitting victim that the approaching police would be other actors, and everyone would be firing blanks. He even paid off the man's dentist beforehand to perform surgery on this person, unbeknownst to them, in order to have their dental work match up.
What?
No. Just bribe the coroner.
@@JoshSweetvale You'd have to bribe a lot more than just a coroner, you think a large military investigation of this nature would all funnel through a single person without multiple verifications?
Oh look, a real life Starscream!
The lengths a person would actually go to
Italy: I'm famous for switching sides in wartime
Harold Cole: amateurs
This is so interesting
This man is the living embodiment of Speech [100]
All of his vid's would make a good movie
He sound like Forest Gump by bringing POWs back to safety...That clip of him running w the soldier on his back all I seen was Forest Gump 😆 🤣
This would make a great game
This man tricked everyone for his own benefit. Kinda. Interesting.
This man is a whole mood😂😂
1. Wow I am early
2. This series is actually very interesting to watch
Respect the hustle
Some kid:What side were you in ww2 Harold Cole:yes
Reminds me of Leo in that one movie.
The thumbnail go hard ngl
MAN!
That guy really messed up!
And he had SO many chances to change his ways, but he didn't!
I think you didnt predict how ww3 will start but can you guys make a video on how to survive it like from where you are like ukraine,america,asia and some other parts of the world and the possibilities?
"Teams have been auto balanced"
I mean, flight or fight. You was going to toss his life away what you expect him to do?? So if he did his job, but found a way to do it cheaper I mean, probably should have lessened the sentence or something idk. You put his back against the wall. If I did the same choices like taking the money, I would have flipped too
… and worked for literal Nazis?..
Putting OP on the list of "to be killed in times of war" then
@@rd0676 yup.
OP your name checks out
Would be a good film
He needs a movie
"I was never really on your side"
What did you expect? He’s being hunted by one side so why not work for the enemy? Enemy of my enemy….
Can be my best friend
But then he smh faked his identity to return to the side which was looking for him, etc...
Cool, He was a genius. This sounds like something directly taken from a movie plot.
Reminded me of Nightcrawler
Very good video and informative. You need to change your title
Shout out to the investigators from the 40s.
Basically Loki level of self preservation
The purpose of life is to survive and reproduce.
Would make a good movie
Absolute gigachad
It is awesome to watch infographics show on youtube I like what would happen if you didn't brush you're teeth for 1 week
Playing both sides always goes so well, doesn't it?
Not always
Just ask Starscream...
@@dodge1515 a fellow transformers fan, I see
@@zovslavsforever Yup :D
@@dodge1515 hope their new movie is as good as the first 😁
A true chaotic neutral
The money he was stealing was to live a life to avoid suspicions of his activities and selling out was survival instincts
This needs to be a movie lol
GOD bless the commentator
Pulls out a phone in the 1940s
This guy has flipped more times than a pancake
This guy is like Italy. Switching sides in WWII
This would be a cool movie
War certainly brings out humanities best and worst
Take that