Codename Garbo: The Greatest Deception of World War II

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Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Arnaldo Teodorani
Executive Producer - Shell Harris
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Source/Further reading:
The only sources I found about Araceli are all in Spanish
populstat.info/Europe/spainc.htm
www.britannica.com/event/Span...
elpais.com/cultura/2018/08/16...
elpais.com/diario/1984/09/12/...
www.mi5.gov.uk/agent-garbo
warfarehistorynetwork.com/dai...
Note: the last reference gives a different account of Juan’s wartime adventures as compared to the others. I have stuck to the version form the Spanish newspaper and the MI5 website. From this last reference I got the details that he was a signal corps officer and a chicken farmer.
www.mi5.gov.uk/agent-garbo
warfarehistorynetwork.com/dai...
warfarehistorynetwork.com/dai...
elpais.com/diario/2009/12/13/...
warfarehistorynetwork.com/dai...
www.mi5.gov.uk/agent-garbo
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...
history.stackexchange.com/que...
elpais.com/diario/2009/12/13/...
www.mi5.gov.uk/agent-garbo
elpais.com/diario/1984/09/12/...

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[@drewdurant3835]

Biographics you guys have to do an episode about chesty puller

[@otaconz1147]

can you do Klaus Fuchs ?

[@honotenshi]

STOP TELLING ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE!

[@littlearsehole75]

@@drewdurant3835 Agreed!

[@steveshoemaker6347]

What a tangle web we weave....Well you know the rest....Well done 0ld man well done....Kentucky over and out.....!

[@bryanadkins6776]

I loved that moment when Garbo teamed up with John Wick and Batman.

[@crazytrain7114]

Nah, he was even more brazen. Fiction is foolish.

[@ChickenLiver911]

Dude, come on! He said no spoilers!!!

[@matthewdopler8997]

I loved how despite how different John Wick’s and Batman’s ideologues differ when it comes together, they were still able to punch Nazis together and team up with Captain America to defeat Hydra.

[@johnreichert344]

It was Fred Flintstone and Ron Jeremy who gave him the jedi kryptonite brotato chip.

[@timomastosalo]

Being the Great Baker of Baloney

[@ARIXANDRE]

How has this story NOT been grabbed by Hollywood yet????

[@fibrespider4502]

If they had you wouldn't be able to watch this video

[@capitalisa]

Because Hollywood doesn't make good movies anymore. An indie could. Interested? Hit me up.

[@elma_gnt]

I know right? It's written blockbuster all over it!

[@boehm1888]

No Americans involved. Spanish speaking protagonists. That’s your answer.

[@diedertspijkerboer]

@@boehm1888 I'm sure they could change the nationalities and say "based on true events".

[@KristianWontroba]

"I don't always spy for the Allies, but when I do, Hitler awards me the Iron Cross." ~ Garbo

[@Ghostbravo6141]

🤣

[@dndrequiem]

25:00 @Biographics @Kristian Wontroba Now picture Michael Peña from Luis from Ant-Man as Juan Pujols saying AND writing all those letters and doing the things the way Peyton Reed directed him in Ant-Man 1 & 2: And get Peyton Reed or Edgar Wright to direct it. Discuss.

[@gravyboat2370]

I heard that when the nazis awarded him with the iron cross he sent them a message saying " I really don't deserve it"

[@ozarkscarguy540]

Trollololol

[@timomastosalo]

@@ozarkscarguy540 An honest troll at that.

[@midwestconcertvideo]

One part that was left out was that he was awarded the Iron Cross for his bravery of being in London to report on the positions of the V1 rocket craters. He was of course actually out in the countryside, reporting false information to "correct" the bomb locations so they would fall elsewhere.

[@gravyboat2370]

@@midwestconcertvideo I know

[@midwestconcertvideo]

@@gravyboat2370 The more I learn about Garbo, the more awesome the story becomes. I really need to see this story done by a great director like Guillermo del Toro who could handle both the action and the humor.

[@siniorgolazo]

Great video! I missed a small detail about Garbo and Op. Overlord: Garbo used the slowness of transporting a mechanized armada, the distance between Normandy and Calais, and the time that would have to be invested in deploying a contingency plan by the Germans for his own benefit. The night before Garbo tried to communicate with the Germans to confirm that the main invasion was going to be through Normandy, knowing pretty well that it'd be moot as they would be asleep and, even if that had not been the case, they would not have had time to turn around in time for the invasion. When he managed to get in touch with them the next day HE RIPPED THEM A NEW ONE, claiming that he "will not stand for such incompetence". Sass level: 100.

[@RedRocket4000]

Expert level of bullshitting by attacking first it prevents the other from even considering the fact that you are bullshiting them.

[@alaeriia01]

What an absolute G.

[@Tirya56]

You failed to mention that Germany groveled to him in apology and fired the agents who missed the message.

[@johnopalko5223]

Holy cow! This would never fly as a work of fiction because nobody would ever believe it.

[@tome57a]

Ironic, isn't it? But, they say that truth is stranger than fiction...

[@historiculgeomocule5569]

Though, isn't the point of fiction to NOT believe it?

[@johnopalko5223]

@@historiculgeomocule5569 No, the point of fiction is to induce the willing suspension of disbelief. The masters of fiction manage to tell outlandish stories and still produce the willingness to accept those stories as, at some level, plausible. I probably stated it in too strong terms. I didn't mean that this story would absolutely fail as a work of fiction. I was trying to say something like, "You can't make this stuff up." Or, as tome57a put it, "... truth is stranger than fiction."

[@xanthippus9079]

"Terrible series, 4/10. At first was realistic, but after they pulled the inflatable tanks, I dropped."

[@erinlee5936]

@@johnopalko5223 Same with Jack Churchill or Julie D'Augbiny. Yet this is real life and these people existed.

[@danielschein6845]

I saw a whole documentary last year that didn't even mention his wife other than to claim he abandoned her when he started spying. She certainly did do a great job keeping her role quiet even from the documentary film producers decades after her death.

[@EvilDickism]

Maybe they didn't want to have to tell the fact that she threatened to destroy the whole thing beciase she was homesick

[@overwhelmingapathy721]

This is the best written episode of biographics ive seen....and ive seen all of them. Very imformative and entertaining. Simon, you and your team just get better and better. 🤘

[@A0.917]

I second that!

[@chrisding1976]

A Mori is this a joke or do you genuinely not understand what seconding means

[@chrisding1976]

A Mori nvm I just learned that it’s fine to say I third that

[@michaelathens953]

Hot damn, not only did the guy accomplish all that but did so while apparently concealing an enormous pair of solid steel balls.

[@matttucker3]

Braaaaahhh Simon we need a Franco video man I wanna learn more about the Spanish civil war

[@alexandermacdougall7873]

there's always those things....what are they called? oh yeah...books! lol

[@matttucker3]

alexander macdougall hmmm wonder what you’re doing on KZbin then 🤔

[@alexandermacdougall7873]

@@matttucker3 looking up the history of libraries, lol. just being cheeky, didnt mean to offend

[@matttucker3]

alexander macdougall interesting got any book recommendations? I just finished the one I’ve been reading

[@guygambone5754]

its dark

[@jonslg240]

"What's your last name?" Mountbatten "How do you spell that?" M..o..o..n..b..u

[@timomastosalo]

M-o-u-n-d-b-e-a-t-e-n

[@RankinMsP]

I came for this.

[@andresmata4949]

Just for the record I met him in Caracas in 1979 and he was a delightful raconteur and polyglot. The local Venezuelan press were all over him after he visited Buckingham Palace to receive his award. His secret as a pathological liar was his charisma and his stating that anyone is almost invariably convinced by a situation that is just too good to be true. I wonder why Canaris never fact checked his early military involvement with the Spanish Republic.HIs entirely “notional” , his own word in English, network of phony informants included over 400 hundred contacts all with great detailed verisimilitudes to explain why they were pro axis ! A triumph of the imagination worthy of a major novelist .... In person he was so insignificant and yet .... many lives were saved by him RIP

[@MrMysteryman00]

“You are the Juan for me”... I’m dead

[@kailoYT]

Louis Moonbutter (14:04)? I think that should be Louis Mountbatten. ;)

[@goodchessactor]

I saw that and started laughing!

[@puyearprod.929]

r/ Whoosh

[@sundiver100]

This was his porn star name obviously

[@davidchicoine6949]

no that guys used to play in moonraker !

[@oleeoleeoo2610]

Me thinks it was a code name.

[@thegardenoftere]

I remember learning everything about the Spanish civil war in high school (i'm catalan), and it's always weird hearing someone outside of Spain talking about it, you did a great job!

[@Biographics]

Thanks :)

[@jacktingey7886]

The story of Wilhelm Canaris is crazy on its own! Ship captain who lost his ship, lived in South America, came back to Germany, and was an opponent of Hitler. He would have a great episode!

[@jeradmorgan5156]

do lewis "chesty" puller. only one of marines to get 5 navy crosses. legend of the usmc

[@anarchie1337]

Can confirm . Retired marine here . Chesty is like our patron saint

[@drewdurant3835]

Jerad Morgan it would be the most epic episode of all time. I strongly agree with your recommendation.

[@jameswilsonjr5726]

To properly do Chesty Puller (I had the pleasure to hear him speak at The US Memorial in San Francisco on The Marine Corps Birthday in the 1960s) properly would take more then the time allowed in Simon's videos I love this saying of his "New Corps,Old Corps,Its still the same Corps".( I think this was said for the defense by Puller. at the trial of S/Sgt McKeon 1956..TRIVIA : In the US Navy the rankings of personnel go by the dates of the promotion. Therefore since General Puller was called in to active service in 1959 for the trial of S/Sgt M.McKeon, Would not he at the time become the only US Marine to outrank The Commandant Of The US Marine Corps as The Commandant at that time was also a Lt.General .?

[@mayuka150]

Jerad Morgan Hell yeah Devil dog

[@ronmeier8850]

@@jameswilsonjr5726 wow interesting... love history here... more so our history but i had no awareness of what you speak. I will definitely dig & get back to you! Oh, thank-you for the insight of which I was totally unaware. Ron (28.5 year vet here)

[@Mark03]

Thank you so much for covering Garbo. I actually learned about Garbo about 3 weeks ago and I wanted more in-depth video about him and you've delivered in right onto my doorstep. Your channel should be appreciated much more. Thanks much for your work. Keep 'em comin'.

[@JamesGaither11]

Great story. This is why I love this channel, great stories of people whom is not that well known.

[@websurfer191]

Excellent video, Simon. I subscribed to Biograpics a few months ago and I am always impressed by the quality of research that goes into your work.

[@wilk4093]

I use these videos in my classes, they’re so concise and interesting. Thank you 🙌 Also, I used to live in Galicia so this episode is extra interesting to me ☺️

[@ArchFundy]

Although I had heard bits and pieces of this tale, there was a lot of info in this that was new to me. History, new info and great narration. What more could ya ask for in a vid?

[@sebastiansandhu4695]

I like the storyish feel of this one, also the humor is nice

[@Biographics]

Glad you liked it :)

[@waverider8549]

Me too. Humour and the chat at the beginning made in informal and fun.

[@thewalkingthrones9165]

I am from south wales and when you mentioned the underground Aryan movement in Swansea I thought WTF? (I need to google that straight away).

[@philmcdonald4778]

Well the Germans believed it....That's what counts.

[@rosscroft3954]

Wasn't the centre of the British kkk in South Wales?

[@qualicumwilson5168]

@@rosscroft3954 No, no no. That was in North Cornwall.😉😉

[@giovannicrisostomo5979]

@@learningtocrash4030 What? Google is why you use to find multiple sources, i think you’re misunderstanding how google works

[@RedRocket4000]

@@learningtocrash4030 LOL I would love to see that after all the NYT covers things in great depth from many angles which I like about them and the Wall Street Journal. But your are correct Google is off but not the reason why Google leans towards who ever pays for high search results which leans it right on occasion or left depending on who paying that week. I tend to use several search engines as a result.

[@diegogranados2029]

Never thought one could actively learn about interesting subjects whilst working a 9 to 5 job. Y'all help me get through the work day . Much obliged Simon and crew!

[@jorgeaugusto1867]

Probably my favourite person from the WWII. I bought a book about him at random years ago and read it during my daily commute. Fascinating story!

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodNitpicker]

One of your best ever! Really, from the writing to the delivery to the layout, brilliant!

[@911nmg]

A thousand points for you! You said Lugo and Galicia really well, as a Galician it was a delight to hear!

[@fastest_mia]

Wow, this is the phrase "truth is usually stranger than fiction" brought to life.

[@nickpartin6381]

Terrific work, as always! You should do a video on Nando Parrado. He is one of the survivors of Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes Mountains in 1972. Perhaps it's merely my impression, but too few know the story, and it's just as inspirational as it was tragic. The survivors' story is a pinnacle example of the power of the human spirit.

[@moswantdone8926]

Finally got a chance to watch this video and I was on the edge of my seat, keep up the good work guys 👍🏾

[@michaelbatts5655]

As always, another excellent video, Professor Whistler! Always love when a new vid comes out. This is why I have a whole playlist entitled "Biographics".

[@leonart4216]

Not here to spoil anything but "ll" in spanish is pronounced like "y" and also, in spain when a woman marries a man she doesnt lose the name, so when you speak about a family consisting of two spouses its normal to call them by both surnames

[@SonjaPierce]

Simon is really good on trying to get proper pronunciation of names in different languages but he can't get them all. Hence his disclaimer at the start of the video. Thank you for the info on marital names though, I didn't know that.

[@jeankenissan1528]

Awesome! Told his story to so many people, it deserves to be more well known !

[@abhinavssj4]

I cannot believe there hasn't been a movie about this.

[@BarryCostello]

Your videos are on average very good if not better than that. This was hands down the most enjoyable video from Biographical in recent memory. Thank you!

[@fromsteph2you478]

I loved the multiple perspectives

[@brettmcmahan1353]

What a amazing family. What a amazing story. Great work keep it up.

[@liviia305]

This, as I have come to expect from your team, is excellent. I knew part of the story but not its entirety. You have explained a very complicated narrative so that even the non-historian can understand. We're I a History teacher I would use your videos as a resource; you provide a valuable service. Thank you.

[@obramsay]

Your videos are the only ones I press the like button everytime on. You dont ask, and you are constantly trying to improve the channel and come out with videos the community wants. I appreciate all the hard work!

[@tome57a]

Great video, Simon! Compelling story, well told, and with your characteristic humour (the reference to Juan shaving his head and growing a beard, for example!).. I agree with you; these people were maybe the best spies of the war. Imagine getting the Iron Cross - for an elaborate deception!

[@myname6482]

Javier Bardem & Penelope Cruz should play Juan and Araceli. They would be perfect in the roles!!

[@stevebagnall1553]

Excellent piece Simon, knew about Pujol/Garbo but wasn't aware of his first wife's depth of involvement. A real eye opener, thank you so much. Never been disappointed with any of your posts.

[@kingrhaxos9068]

I've been enjoying these latest videos Simon, you do them very well. Good and reliable content for a history geek such as myself.

[@jonathandaniels5956]

That was such a great story! Thank you! As for a movie, Simon should play Garbo :)

[@MarshallATV]

You should do a Biographics on Nancy Wake aka The White Mouse!! Saw a documentary about her yesterday. What an awesome lady!!

[@MarshallATV]

@UCk6zyIW64IsHqlveBW-t8eA Yeah I've heard about him. For sure another great suggestion for a Biographics episode!! I would also like to see a Biographics episode on some of the more notable members of the french resistance during WW2. Other than Nancy Wake that is. Just saw the TV movie that was made about her. She seems like such a badass lady. Almost the kind of person who seems too incredible to be true. There's alot of those from WW2 for sure!!

[@Biographics]

It’s going to happen.

[@MarshallATV]

@@Biographics That's awesome!! Thanks!! And thank you for every single episode you've done so far. They're all extremely interesting & Simon & the rest of the crew always does a stellar job!!

[@sforza209]

MarshallATV was it the documentary that had actors and stuff? Because that was really really good!!

[@MarshallATV]

@@sforza209 Yeah it was the one with scenes from the TV movie they made about her^^ Would love to see the entire TV movie aswell.

[@NDTexan]

Great video and I appreciate the way you've formatted it with the twist

[@aitorrodriguez9070]

One of the best you have ever done !! Keep up with the good work !!

[@harrydonson8746]

“Simon whistler has swallowed a thesaurus” 😂😂😂

[@komeresiegemaker502]

"What was Operation Fortitude?" "A good hearty breakfast!" Thank you, Matt Gray.

[@AcydDrop]

I love this channel, I knew the story and it's always been a riveting story. I really enjoy how this episode was written you absolutely did justice to this one. Fantastic job to all of you!

[@starscream548]

This is a rather unique video because; 1. This video focused on more than one person as the main subject of the video 2.the video itself was for the most part more focused on the sequence of events rather than people themselves. Which is a welcome change I'd like to seem more videos involving such stories like Theodore Roosevelt's rough riders (yes I've seen that video already it's only an example)

[@brightonbabe2139]

Double Cross and Agent Mincemeat are two stories coming out about this time. A lot of the stories are only coming out over the last few years. Thanks for this as I had wondered what had happened to Agent Garbo. I’m glad they both lived out their lives as they saved thousands of lives in Operation Overlord. The Double Cross department was amazing.

[@studiolezard]

Assuming that you, Simonn have some acting background, you should play the role of Juan in the film as well as in the sequel "Juan More Time"

[@brianbishop4753]

This was just as good as the Tito video. I must say that I had an in-depth conversation with my dad about Tito; after about fifteen minutes of talking, a documentary came on what ever cable channel he was watching and I basically explained what would happen next. (At least with as much as I could remember) but my father was impressed with what I learned from your video.

[@larrybuzbee7344]

Simon, why has this not been made into a movie? I'm fairly well informed re WWII but have never heard this. What a story! Also, the delivery of the SkillShare pitch was very very well done. Bravo!

[@seamusmcgoldrick9500]

Great video as always. Hearing about inflatable tanks made me think you guys should one on Jasper Maskylene. I'm reading his biography rn and I really think a video on him would go over well.

[@kreengorilla]

This is by far my favorite Biographics.

[@Biographics]

Well, I'm glad you liked it :)

[@faheemwyne5098]

Amazing story. Absolutely hooked until the end! Great job

[@davidcallahan3615]

What a great episode! The fact that Aracelli bears an uncanny resemblance to my 1st ex-wife in no way affected my enjoyment of this tale. Great episode Simon! Viva Aracelli!

[@CherryBlossomOhka]

Please do a bio on Frankie Lymon, he had an interesting life and career and not many people know him

[@RicTic66]

Andrew Rook. There's a good bio-pic about Frankie Lymon called 'Why do Fools fall in Love' It's well worth watching. You can pick up the DVD pretty cheap.👍

[@CherryBlossomOhka]

@@RicTic66 I have that DVD and have seen the movie thousands of times, but it's not accurate and doesn't even tell half of the interesting story

[@vharrald]

Simon, I really like this channel, I love the information on historical facts... you make learning the underlying stories if history enjoyable

[@hazevthewolf178]

If I may say so, one of your best videos, fascinating & informative. I knew about Garbo in broad outline, but learnt quite a lot from this.

[@who-man7699]

James Bond 007 himself Roger Moore was in one of those pictures

[@stevethecatcouch6532]

I was wondering if that was Roger Moore in the photo at 22:35.

[@metallkopf988]

I'd recognize that confused stare anywhere...

[@rogermoore27]

Hi. I'm here

[@jkxelor1295]

How to get more done in a day. Step one. TURN OFF KZbin

[@Biographics]

Not me. ;)

[@jkxelor1295]

Biographics Of course not you! Your videos are the perfect background for a productive day!

[@DoraFauszt]

By watching such videos I feel like having a productive relaxation. :)

[@gatecrasher0380]

True. Hours pass by before you know it. Lol

[@dougrobbins5367]

@spudnic88 I never have, never will

[@mattm1125]

Simon, kudos to you and your whole team. IMHO, many of your videos on your various channels are as good or better than anything produced by the networks. As a fellow history and technology geek, I really appreciate your topics, research and presentation and editing. I will continue watching, often to the detriment of my "to do" list, and hope that we'll cross paths one day. As a fellow content producer/vlogger, I am inspired.

[@erichatch912]

One of your most enlightening and interesting videos - thanks for the great true stories you give us!

[@allis_o2628]

I've hear this story before, but never about the fact that his wife was helping him in the con. This story would be so good as a movie!

[@banditligroin]

This is an amazing episode. I was dying of laughter

[@whatonearth9809]

Dude I love this channel! Am going through each video 1 by 1, only stopping when a new video comes out 🤣 could you do a video about Lloyd George the British Prime Minister during WW1? Would love to know more about his role as Minister or Munitions too 😃 keep up the good work 👊🏻

[@officersavage]

love your vids man... keep it going

[@ignitionfrn2223]

3:25 - Chapter 1 - Araceli 5:40 - Chapter 2 - You are the juan i love, you are the juan for me 6:40 - Chapter 3 - Are we going to stay neutral ? 8:45 - Chapter 4 - Codename ARABEL 10:10 - Chapter 5 - Codename BOVRIL 15:25 - Chapter 6 - Codename GARBO 18:10 - Chapter 7 - Operation FORTITUDE 21:05 - Chapter 8 - After the war

[@thehaus6998]

Pls do The legendagy Soviet sniper vasily zaytsev.

[@ashwoods7432]

I was watching this while doing my social studies homework. One of the videos was from Top Tenz and Simon was leading it. This made my day.

[@aaronrawley555]

I like the idea of the three part video. Another great work by the @Biographics Team!

[@michaelwalton4017]

Louis Moonbutter?🤔 Was he a blues singer back in the 1920's

[@IgabodDobagi]

That's actually the original spelling of it. They changed it just before ww1 broke out. :-p

[@philmcdonald4778]

It's cheese ...not butter.

[@JanjayTrollface]

OMFG!! Simon ACTUALLY made an effort with pronunciation this time, good work mate!

[@brett4264]

He always tries. He's one of the few KZbin narrators that do.

[@paulqueripel3493]

Apart from a couple of English names, oddly he got Louis and Philby wrong.

[@johndewitt2091]

I have watched so much of simon’s videos. On every channel. Unless there’s one I missed but I subscribe currently to the 6,947 that I know of. This one was particularly fun. Bravo brother from across the pond. Well done, old chap.

[@SimFoxSim]

Incredibly fascinating!Thank you!

[@midwestconcertvideo]

My wife and I quite enjoyed this. I've read several books on Pujol, and consider him histories greatest BS artist. Two things I would have added? All the money being sent to pay Garbo's fictional spy network was actually being used to fund the British counter-espionage effort. And at the end of his service to the war effort, the British gave him half the money collected to start a new life in Venezuela. Another thing is that because the messages being sent from England to Spain would be decrypted in Spain and then reencrypted with an Enigma machine to be transmitted to Berlin. This provided the plaintext which would be used to crack that day's code. If you knew exactly what was going to be coming through 2 hours after it was transmitted from London...

[@brentgranger7856]

This was a much different episode, as it felt like I was watching a spy thriller. Great job! Speaking of spies, maybe you could do Oleg Pinkovsky, the GRU agent who tipped Khrushchev's hand to Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis. For the opposite side of the Iron Curtain, I'd recommend Johnny Walker, a US Navy chief petty officer whose spy network spanned decades of work for the USSR.

[@thomasarledge1933]

One of your very best videos..... Denton TX

[@Ferskvand]

I just found this channel, but thanks for great content 👍

[@chrisdebruin264]

Thank you for another interesting video. Could you please do a biographic on Frederick "Fritz" Duquesne, an interesting South African who participated in several wars, and is best known for running one of the largest spy rings During WWII, and is usually found in most lists of top 10 best spies.

[@WHix-om4yo]

Great job guys! And Simon you handled the Spanish pretty well. One question though: was Juan bold enough to collect his Iron Cross from Hitler? After all, it would be worth a fortune on ebay.

[@tombaugh5286]

Liking this enthusiasm, Simon

[@rj795w6]

Ya this is definitely one of your best videos, thanks Simon

[@airplaneoverthesemen]

They pulled a Keyser Soze before doing so was even a thing, damn

[@PATRIOT-nt5ub]

Spies of the century? Amen to that! Leading role for Juan Garbo? Simon Whistler.

[@Delibrium]

amazing video as always, Simon! please make one about Andy Kaufman

[@inapickle806]

Wonderful tale and thanks for including Arceli!

[@LuisAlbertoSerranoAlonso]

I laughed so hard as soon as Simon said Araceli! 🤣🤣😂😂😂 Still loved the video! Thank you Simon

[@nicosheldonflorendo]

I thought it was ara-selly

[@LuisAlbertoSerranoAlonso]

@@nicosheldonflorendo that is the correct pronunciation

[@roberthunter5059]

Yeah, he confused the Spanish tendency to lisp their z's with c.

[@LuisAlbertoSerranoAlonso]

@@roberthunter5059 yeah that's what I was thinking too, although I haven't heard the lisp pronunciation with that name from my Spanish friends so it sounded funny to me

[@petuniasevan]

I have the book on Agent Garbo. Definitely one of the more amazing stories of WW2. Without spoiling anything: this is the sort of story which if you wrote it as fiction would at best be compared to Indiana Jones material... but more likely to cheap potboiler novels. Enjoy the video!

[@varon52]

Enjoyed the pun, the play on words, with Juan! I will look for places to use them!

[@TheOnlyVipey]

Legitimately the coolest story I've ever heard. Can't believe I never knew about this until now.

[@deirdreryan1621]

When my sub box is red my day is good When I see biographics uploads it gets better

[@Wardner213]

Could you please do a bio on Ip Man? Thank you :)

[@davidwallace1644]

Burnin' Leather heck yeah

[@welshman8954]

Love all your videos very easy to grasp and informative as well as entertaining and this one was awesome well done biographic you and Simon rule

[@waverider8549]

This was amazing. And Simon surpassed himself today.