He was a chicken farmer with no military background. Yet by 1944, he was fooling Hitler, shaping the course of D-Day, and holding medals from both sides of the war. This is the real story of Juan Pujol García, the man who deceived an empire. 🧵

Every man's dream.

Walchensee Lake, Kochel am See, Germany.

Busan, South Korea.

Chichén Itzá Pyramid, Tinum, Mexico.

Osaka, Japan.

Lindau Lighthouse, Bayern, Germany.

Porto, Portugal.

Utrecht, Netherlands.

St. Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay, England, United Kingdom.

Siena, Italy.

Schwangau, Germany.

1943, Switzerland. Albert Hofmann absorbed a trace of his lab compound through his fingertips. then intentionally dosed himself and biked home. It was the world’s first acid trip.

Santorini, Greece.

The Library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh held over 30,000 clay tablets, including the Epic of Gilgamesh. It lasted Assyrian, Persian, and Arab rule and was partially rediscovered in the 1850s beneath a mound of rubble.

The Nazis trusted him. The Allies used him. History forgot him.

Galata Tower, Istanbul, Turkey.

During WWI, Lawrence Bruce Robertson developed the first practical method of preserving blood in bottles near the front. His work saved thousands, but he wasn’t credited until years later.

Amer Fort, Jaipur, India.

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Decades later, historians rediscovered the man behind D-Day’s greatest deception. Juan Pujol García didn’t carry a rifle or fly a bomber, but with a pen, a radio, and a web of lies. he helped change the outcome of the war.