Juan Pujol

Juan Pujol

Juan Pujol was a man with no spying experience. He did not like the war and he wanted to do something about it. In World War II he offered to work as a spy for the British but was turned down. So he went to German counter intelligence . They recruited him right away. He told them he had set up a successful spy ring in London and that he was sending messages to Lisbon via, a courier who flew for KLM airlines. He made up names for all of the spies in his ring and stories to go along with them. They believed him.

The British, hearing this news, excepted his offer and became allies. He was taken to London were he worked with a man named Thomas Harris. Together, they made up spies and stories. They used these “spies” to feed the Germans false information. The Germans even sent the false spies of missions. Until after the war, the Germans never found out. He was even awarded an Iron Cross!