World War II Unwound

Alan Best

Little known or forgotten stories from World War II. The spies, heroes, decision-makers and the moments that changed everything. Hosted by U.S. Navy Veteran and World War II historian Alan Best

Episodes

  1. 6d ago

    The Zigzag Spy — The Bravado of Eddie Chapman

    Send us Fan Mail Episode Title: The Zigzag Spy — The Bravado of Eddie Chapman Season 1, Episode 2 — The Spies & Secret Wars He was a safecracker. A criminal. A man who had escaped custody twice before the war even started. When Germany occupied Jersey in 1940, he didn't wait to be liberated — he approached the Abwehr and offered to spy for Nazi Germany. They trained him for over a year. Radio operation. Sabotage. Parachute insertion. Document forgery. In December 1942, they dropped him into Cambridgeshire with orders to destroy one of Britain's most important aircraft factories. Within twenty-four hours, he walked into a British police station and offered to work for Britain instead. Eddie Chapman — code name Zigzag — went on to pull off one of the most audacious deception operations of the entire war. The Germans trusted him so completely they awarded him the Iron Cross. He was working to destroy them from the moment he landed. In this episode, Amanda and Harry unwind the extraordinary story of the man who deceived both sides — and somehow came out the other end. Send your thoughts and story ideas to BestStoryPublishing@gmail.com Visit us at www.beststorypublishing.com

    24 min

  2. May 26

    The Man Nobody Wanted - How Juan Pujol Garcia Fooled Hitler and Saved D-Day

    Send us Fan Mail The Man Nobody Wanted — How Juan Pujol Garcia Fooled Hitler and Saved D-Day Season 1, Episode 1 — The Spies & Secret Wars He had no military background. No intelligence training. No government connections. British intelligence turned him away. So he went home, sat at his kitchen table in Lisbon, and invented an entire network of twenty-seven secret agents — none of whom existed — and began feeding Nazi Germany some of the most consequential false information in the history of warfare. Juan Pujol Garcia — code name Garbo — would go on to help save D-Day. The Germans trusted him so completely that they awarded him the Iron Cross. He was working to destroy them from the moment they met him. In this episode, Amanda and Harry unwind one of the most extraordinary intelligence stories of World War II. Send your thoughts and story ideas to BestStoryPublishing@gmail.com Visit us at www.beststorypublishing.com

    19 min
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Little known or forgotten stories from World War II. The spies, heroes, decision-makers and the moments that changed everything. Hosted by U.S. Navy Veteran and World War II historian Alan Best

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    Alan Best
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