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Dušan "Duško" Popov OBE ( Serbian Cyrillic: Душко Попов; 10 July 1912 – 10 August 1981) was a Serbian double agent who served as part of the MI6 and Abwehr during World War II. He passed off disinformation to Germany as part of the Double-Cross System while working as an agent for the Yugoslav government-in-exile in ...
Jun 13, 2018 · Dusko Popov was a Serbian double agent who worked for the British and the Germans during World War II. He knew Ian Fleming, the creator of 007, and even gambled with him in a casino.
On August 10, 1941, Dusko Popov flew on the Atlantic Clipper from London to New York. The son of a Yugoslav father and a German mother, Popov was a secret agent for the Abwehr, the German Army’s espionage service. He was also an agent for Britain’s secret intelligence service, MI6.
Dusko Popov. As a Serbian double agent during the Second World War, Popov was an expert gambler, known womaniser and even crossed paths with James Bond's creator Ian Fleming. But was he really...
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Jul 9, 2020 · A glamorous and brave spy who plays a central role in the underground intelligence war of the time. ...more. The career of Duško Popov is probably more exciting than any work of fiction. A ...
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The man at the center of this international spy game was Dusko Popov, a flamboyant Yugoslav, who was born in 1912. At the start of World War II, Popov began working for the Abwehr, headed by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris. Popov had been recruited into the Abwehr by a German friend, Johann Jebsen.
Jun 25, 2016 · For those wanting to know the real-life inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond, here it is — the remarkable life of British double-agent Dusko Popov, the Serbian playboy who enjoyed...
