1. Getting Medals From Both the Nazis and Allies
As to Juan Pujol Garcia, he gained the distinction of attaining an Iron Cross from Germany, plus a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) from Britain. After the war, fearing reprisals from the Nazis, he faked his death in Angola in 1949, then moved to Venezuela. There, he ran a gift shop and book store.
Pujol led an anonymous life until 1984, when he agreed to be interviewed for a book about agent GARBO. As a result of the ensuing publicity, he was received at Buckingham Palace, was lionized in Britain, and on the 40th anniversary of D-Day, traveled to Normandy to pay his respects to the dead. He died in Caracas four years later.
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Where Did We Find This Stuff? Some Sources and Further Reading
Ancient History Encyclopedia – Thutmose III at the Battle of Megiddo
British Battles – Siege of Mafeking
British Museum – Furst Karl Joseph Franz von Auesberg
Cracked – 5 Insane Psy-Op Strategies Governments Almost Tried
Encyclopedia Britannica – Zhuge Liang
Fisher, David – The War Magician: The Man Who Conjured Victory in the Desert (2005)
Gonick, Larry – The Cartoon History of the Universe II (1994)
Hesketh, Roger Fleetwood – Fortitude: the D-Day Deception Campaign (2002)
Historic UK – Britain’s WWI’s Mystery Q-Ships
History Today – The Relief of Mafeking
Kickass Facts – 10 Greatest Bluffs in History That Actually Worked
Macintyre, Ben – Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies (2012)
Naval History and Heritage – Q-Ships During
Quartz – World History Would be Very Different Without the Blood Moon Eclipse of 1504
Ripley’s Believe it Or Not – Operation Popeye: America’s Secret Weather Warfare Project
Tomás Harris – Garbo: The Spy Who Saved D-Day (2001)
Space – How a Total Lunar Eclipse Saved Christopher Columbus
Washington Post, February 24th, 1987 – Edward Lansdale, Prototype For Ugly American, Dies
