The fight over a dinner date that escalated into one of the key confrontations of World War II

By Nick Miller
October 2 2016 - 12:15am
A visa for Araceli Gonzalez de Pujol.
A visa for Araceli Gonzalez de Pujol.
A visa for Juan Pujol Garcia, code-named "Garbo".
A visa for Juan Pujol Garcia, code-named "Garbo".
Garbo's work gave the Allied forces the advantage in their D-Day landing at Normandy. Photo: US Coast Guard
Garbo's work gave the Allied forces the advantage in their D-Day landing at Normandy. Photo: US Coast Guard
US soldiers landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944.
US soldiers landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944.

It was the cancelled dinner date that did it.

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