Juan pujol biography

Spanish double agent for the British in World War II

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pujol and the second or maternal family name is García.

Juan Pujol GarcíaMBE (Spanish:[ˈxwampuˈʝolɣaɾˈθi.a]; 14 February 1912 – 10 October 1988), also known as Joan Pujol i García (Catalan:[ʒuˈampuˈʒɔliɣəɾˈsi.ə]), was a Spanish spy who acted as a double agent loyal to Great Britain against Nazi Germany during World War II, when he relocated to Britain to carry out fictitious spying activities for the Germans.

He was given the codename Garbo by the British; their German counterparts codenamed him Alaric and referred to his non-existent spy network as "Arabal".^[3]

After developing a loathing of political extremism of all sorts during the Spanish Civil War, Pujol decided to become a spy for Britain as a way to do something "for the good of humanity."^[4] Pujol and his wife^[5] contacted the