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  • Опубликовано: 21 июн 2024
  • The name's Popov. Duško Popov. Was this Croatian secret agent the inspiration for the legendary James Bond? Discover how this one man made D-day possible and nearly stopped pearl harbour.
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  • @scribbler60
    @scribbler60 20 дней назад +12

    As a fictional character, Bond was most likely a compilation of numerous characters that influenced Fleming. Popov was one among many.

    • @giorgosarifoglu953
      @giorgosarifoglu953 17 дней назад

      Most likely yes...a combination of many real characters and ww2 and cold war stories....

  • @helanna9843
    @helanna9843 21 день назад +24

    Ian Fleming said in an interview that much of the James Bond character he wrote was based on Sidney Reilly, a Russian born spy he was familiar with during his work for British intelligence. A television series, "Reilly, Ace of Spies" was filmed in the 1980's based on that character.

    • @josephteller9715
      @josephteller9715 20 дней назад

      Flemming lied and would not reveal much about WW2 due to the official secrets act. Reilly was from an earlier era.

    • @shaunmyers3562
      @shaunmyers3562 12 дней назад +1

      True, but Fleming admitted before his death that he was inspired by Popov when he encountered him in a casino. That's how you get the first James Bond novel Casino Royale.

  • @jabersawaya7131
    @jabersawaya7131 21 день назад +10

    Popov and Garbo are the true heros of WW2

  • @EileenThompson-cq8nd
    @EileenThompson-cq8nd 21 день назад +9

    Thank you so much for this incredible story of such a great man! I am now a member of your channel and am beyond impressed with your content!

  • @jankostojkovic977
    @jankostojkovic977 21 день назад +42

    Nice documentary.
    But he wasn't Croatian, he was Serbian.

    • @misha8896
      @misha8896 21 день назад +5

      Yes, originally from Titel

    • @davidtuttle7556
      @davidtuttle7556 21 день назад +8

      An easy mistake for us Westerners to make, not understanding Balkan curlures and nationalities have little to do with arbitrary borders and more to do with family, religion, and histories that are quite complicated. Please accept this mea culpa.

    • @AdamDylanFoley
      @AdamDylanFoley 21 день назад +1

      so?

    • @fanroche8573
      @fanroche8573 12 дней назад +1

      @@AdamDylanFoley those differences are pretty essential to understanding the balkans and historic context

  • @annehersey9895
    @annehersey9895 21 день назад +3

    Dushko WAS one of the XX Committee’s top agents but equal to Popov, was Agent Garbo, Juan Pujols Garcia who was awarded the Iron Cross first class AND an MBE from the British!

  • @andrewhall7930
    @andrewhall7930 17 дней назад +1

    I've watched probably 2000 documentaries in my life.And I can say unequivocally the Documentary has the best music

  • @TheJapanChannelDcom
    @TheJapanChannelDcom 21 день назад +6

    Hoover would be ashamed of how history has remembered him for what he really was.

  • @nishtapsicoterapiatanatolo9077
    @nishtapsicoterapiatanatolo9077 21 день назад +7

    Interesting And thrilling video!! Thanks!

  • @kayef5724
    @kayef5724 21 день назад +5

    Damn no one here knows 007 history, Porfirio Rubirosa was his name. The original James Bond.

  • @rebeccasullivan7965
    @rebeccasullivan7965 21 день назад +7

    Wow great video well worth watching... cheers

  • @cynthiaalver
    @cynthiaalver 21 день назад +2

    Great video! Would love to see more about individual contributions to the war. Thank you.

  • @nanabutner
    @nanabutner 20 дней назад +2

    To my way of thinking, Ian Fleming was writing about a world he not only knew, but was also a part of. How much is someone else--how much is Fleming--who knows, but the stories are still entertaining?

  • @taylorlibby7642
    @taylorlibby7642 21 день назад +1

    I think I've easily heard of at least a couple of dozen different "real James Bonds" over the years. A new one pops up about as often as someone comes out with a book naming a new Jack the Ripper suspect. 😂🤣

  • @ToplicaSRB
    @ToplicaSRB 20 дней назад +1

    I love how they manage to spin it and say he was croatian. Amazing historical accuracy. I wonder how they manage to conclude that he is Croatian, for a person, whose parents are Serbian, who was born in Titel (then Austria-Hungary, now Serbia), who did live in Dubrovnik which was then part of Yugoslavia, finished highschool in Paris and law school in Belgrade, and then lived abroad. Its not even debatable (as for some historical figures), its plain fact.

  • @Ranjanwatson
    @Ranjanwatson 20 дней назад

    Nicely narrated rich with research. Thank you for sharing.

  • @caraelizabeth7307
    @caraelizabeth7307 21 день назад +5

    Would have said Sidney Reilly was the real 007 before watching this. Now he’s got competition!

  • @radoslavcelnik8821
    @radoslavcelnik8821 2 дня назад

    Ian Fleming may have based his stories on various agents, but the never-changing character of James Bond is definitely from Duško Popov.

  • @earth7551
    @earth7551 21 день назад +16

    No it was Christopher Lee

    • @jimihendrix991
      @jimihendrix991 7 дней назад

      myth...

    • @earth7551
      @earth7551 7 дней назад

      @@jimihendrix991 Lol no myth realty Lee was welcome when in the filming of
      The Howling 2 they were not allowed as soon as the town chiefs found out
      Christopher Lee was allowed there were granted permission he help liberate the town from nazis

  • @jamesjamerson7233
    @jamesjamerson7233 19 дней назад

    Great documentary ❤

  • @stevewheatley243
    @stevewheatley243 14 дней назад

    Excellent.👌

  • @PHamster
    @PHamster 21 день назад +4

    He looks like Antenna Man

    • @woah6958
      @woah6958 22 часа назад

      Who is that?😮

  • @earlycat170
    @earlycat170 22 часа назад

    Apart from not being British, Portfirio Rubirosa has my vote

  • @sekhem313
    @sekhem313 21 день назад +6

    the REAL James Bond was an ornithologist - we wrote the book Birds of the West Indies. He regretted allowing his name to be used in public fiction.

    • @ThePrinceofallsayain
      @ThePrinceofallsayain 20 дней назад +2

      Bruh they share the name but everyone knows the real bond in fiction is cooler than some bird geek

  • @j.l.emerson592
    @j.l.emerson592 20 дней назад

    The fictional James Bond/007 was a composite of several men who were double/triple agents during WWII. Popov played a large part in the espionage of WWII. BTW, this has been known for decades... Since maybe the 1960s?

  • @camerondempster4147
    @camerondempster4147 20 дней назад +1

    A man called Intrepid. William Stephenson

  • @MythicTales993
    @MythicTales993 20 дней назад

    This video truly opened my eyes. Thank you so much!

  • @LIJXFVKINBVY
    @LIJXFVKINBVY 4 дня назад

    Did Ian Fleming base James Bond Character on Christopher Lee?

  • @accnp6
    @accnp6 21 день назад +17

    Duško was Serbian.

    • @thule505
      @thule505 7 дней назад

      no he wasnt..croatian

  • @troyc4487
    @troyc4487 21 день назад +6

    The real James Bond was Ian Fleming. He actually did try to take down Nazis in the gambling style of Casino Royale. And, he did conduct daring secret operations for Royal Naval Intelligence.

    • @paulthompsen
      @paulthompsen 21 день назад

      ,pp

    • @josephteller9715
      @josephteller9715 20 дней назад

      Fleming was not. Fleming was mostly not a field agent, he ran field agents. His character was built as a composite off of several agents and assets that the government ran, and were carefully crafted to NOT break the official secrets act that all British Intelligence are bound to.

  • @michaelpjeffries1521
    @michaelpjeffries1521 18 дней назад

    He was an amalgamation of several people he met along the way. Name came from a church near hotel in Toronto St James & Bond. The Sinclair farmhouse was last of camp X to go in 64 in a training exercise by fire department. Erasing last evidrnce of its existence.

  • @BurgerTaco
    @BurgerTaco 13 дней назад

    Cat spotted at 5:14 😊

  • @murderedcarrot9684
    @murderedcarrot9684 21 день назад +1

    The "Real" 007 was Carol Burnett. True Story.

    • @Kathy-ut9kf
      @Kathy-ut9kf 20 дней назад +1

      Tim Conway the Ambassador of Misinformation 😅

  • @GiseleLeclerc
    @GiseleLeclerc 21 день назад +1

    it was a Canadian who was the real James Bond character

  • @janealla88
    @janealla88 21 день назад

    Is there a movie about his life

  • @dushy35
    @dushy35 21 день назад

    cool name

  • @nicknamedude
    @nicknamedude 20 дней назад

    This is even better than Bond

  • @bastiaanstapelberg9018
    @bastiaanstapelberg9018 19 часов назад

    No the real Bond was a Dutch soldier Peter Tazelaar......see wiki.

  • @josiasguiomar2504
    @josiasguiomar2504 20 дней назад

    Double Cross Eddie Chapman was the "real" James Bond.

  • @johnjacobs1625
    @johnjacobs1625 21 день назад +1

    kool

  • @PopGoesTheology
    @PopGoesTheology 21 день назад +37

    Spoiler alert: Yes, he was.

    • @briancooper2112
      @briancooper2112 21 день назад

      Bond was based on real spy Fleming met during ww2.

    • @skipmagil
      @skipmagil 21 день назад +2

      Oh no

    • @kayef5724
      @kayef5724 21 день назад +3

      No it wasn’t, it was Porfirio Rubirosa.

    • @RonaldPickering
      @RonaldPickering 21 день назад +2

      @@kayef5724No. His name was Mark Renton from Leith, Edinburgh - Scotland.

    • @murderedcarrot9684
      @murderedcarrot9684 21 день назад +1

      Wich one throws a shoe?

  • @KentuckyBrad
    @KentuckyBrad 17 дней назад

    Christopher lee was the real james bond

  • @user-ri9hb6th1w
    @user-ri9hb6th1w 20 дней назад

    I love that fact that we used the same tactics to mislead the germans as they had to to france we he invaded..... And american russian and british being squeezed on three fronts 😮😅😂

  • @robinbrowne5419
    @robinbrowne5419 20 дней назад

    Sean Connery was the real James Bond. Everybody else is an imposter. 🙂👍

    • @nanabutner
      @nanabutner 20 дней назад +1

      😄😄. I too love Sean Connery as James Bond!

    • @robinbrowne5419
      @robinbrowne5419 20 дней назад

      @@nanabutner Search youtube for
      All 24 James Bond theme songs
      It will bring back some memories :-)

  • @user-ri9hb6th1w
    @user-ri9hb6th1w 21 день назад +1

    Ha! I bet they wished they woulda listened to him about pearl harbor ! But also my view is that england needed america to join the war to beat the naziz and a attack on pearl harbor would been the perfect reason for the americans to join the war , the truth in war is always protected by a bodyguard of lies . "winston churchhill"

    • @Mike-hu3pp
      @Mike-hu3pp 20 дней назад

      The USA doesn't like to listen to "foreigners" because they are always right. I've been yelled at by a few Americans for my accent and not pronouncing words "correctly". The A or H bombs wouldn't have been built without European ingenuity.

  • @RedRepublicanArmy
    @RedRepublicanArmy 20 дней назад +1

    He is CODY BANKS.

  • @GameandFoodTech
    @GameandFoodTech 21 день назад

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪should be recognized as separate country.

  • @israel_started_it_ALL_in_1947
    @israel_started_it_ALL_in_1947 21 день назад +3

    WW2

    • @Tobeesho
      @Tobeesho 21 день назад

      It will all end on that day in ISRAEL on the Mountain of Olives, when King Jesus' lands! Israel we shall see.😊

  • @dartvader9939
    @dartvader9939 19 дней назад

    J e Hoover was a narcissist

  • @Mr.KaganbYaltrk
    @Mr.KaganbYaltrk 21 день назад

    He wasn't handsome though

  • @rogersmith3405
    @rogersmith3405 13 дней назад

    Popov was a Serb

  • @helenstillman-dk7jm
    @helenstillman-dk7jm 20 дней назад

    Ian fleming didnt even write it the real 007 did & paid ian fleming to say he did cos of his bro - the real 007 was round well b4 ww2

  • @ceda666
    @ceda666 21 день назад +1

    Is Novak Djokovic croat? Tesla is a croat? Every serbian is a croat? They just don't know...never did, but who cares.
    Yugoslavia is a serbian state project, same as USSR was russian one. People that lived in that Frankenstein country were not known by their nationality until the breakup of the country in the 1991-95.

    • @paulenka5
      @paulenka5 20 дней назад

      ok war criminal.