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  • The name's Popov. Duško Popov. Was this Croatian secret agent the inspiration for the legendary James Bond? Discover how this one man made D-day possible and nearly stopped pearl harbour.
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Komentáře • 80

  • @helanna9843
    @helanna9843 Před 5 dny +15

    Ian Fleming said in an interview that much of the James Bond character he wrote was based on Sidney Reilly, a Russian born spy he was familiar with during his work for British intelligence. A television series, "Reilly, Ace of Spies" was filmed in the 1980's based on that character.

    • @josephteller9715
      @josephteller9715 Před 4 dny

      Flemming lied and would not reveal much about WW2 due to the official secrets act. Reilly was from an earlier era.

  • @jankostojkovic977
    @jankostojkovic977 Před 6 dny +34

    Nice documentary.
    But he wasn't Croatian, he was Serbian.

    • @misha8896
      @misha8896 Před 6 dny +4

      Yes, originally from Titel

    • @davidtuttle7556
      @davidtuttle7556 Před 6 dny +6

      An easy mistake for us Westerners to make, not understanding Balkan curlures and nationalities have little to do with arbitrary borders and more to do with family, religion, and histories that are quite complicated. Please accept this mea culpa.

    • @AdamDylanFoley
      @AdamDylanFoley Před 5 dny +1

      so?

  • @jabersawaya7131
    @jabersawaya7131 Před 5 dny +5

    Popov and Garbo are the true heros of WW2

  • @EileenThompson-cq8nd
    @EileenThompson-cq8nd Před 6 dny +8

    Thank you so much for this incredible story of such a great man! I am now a member of your channel and am beyond impressed with your content!

  • @accnp6
    @accnp6 Před 6 dny +13

    Duško was Serbian.

  • @kayef5724
    @kayef5724 Před 6 dny +5

    Damn no one here knows 007 history, Porfirio Rubirosa was his name. The original James Bond.

  • @scribbler60
    @scribbler60 Před 4 dny +2

    As a fictional character, Bond was most likely a compilation of numerous characters that influenced Fleming. Popov was one among many.

    • @giorgosarifoglu953
      @giorgosarifoglu953 Před 2 dny

      Most likely yes...a combination of many real characters and ww2 and cold war stories....

  • @TheJapanChannelDcom
    @TheJapanChannelDcom Před 5 dny +3

    Hoover would be ashamed of how history has remembered him for what he really was.

  • @nishtapsicoterapiatanatolo9077

    Interesting And thrilling video!! Thanks!

  • @andrewhall7930
    @andrewhall7930 Před 2 dny

    I've watched probably 2000 documentaries in my life.And I can say unequivocally the Documentary has the best music

  • @PHamster
    @PHamster Před 6 dny +4

    He looks like Antenna Man

  • @annehersey9895
    @annehersey9895 Před 5 dny +1

    Dushko WAS one of the XX Committee’s top agents but equal to Popov, was Agent Garbo, Juan Pujols Garcia who was awarded the Iron Cross first class AND an MBE from the British!

  • @nanabutner
    @nanabutner Před 5 dny +2

    To my way of thinking, Ian Fleming was writing about a world he not only knew, but was also a part of. How much is someone else--how much is Fleming--who knows, but the stories are still entertaining?

  • @taylorlibby7642
    @taylorlibby7642 Před 5 dny +1

    I think I've easily heard of at least a couple of dozen different "real James Bonds" over the years. A new one pops up about as often as someone comes out with a book naming a new Jack the Ripper suspect. 😂🤣

  • @rebeccasullivan7965
    @rebeccasullivan7965 Před 6 dny +6

    Wow great video well worth watching... cheers

  • @cynthiaalver
    @cynthiaalver Před 5 dny +1

    Great video! Would love to see more about individual contributions to the war. Thank you.

  • @earth7551
    @earth7551 Před 6 dny +15

    No it was Christopher Lee

  • @MythicTales993
    @MythicTales993 Před 4 dny

    This video truly opened my eyes. Thank you so much!

  • @Ranjanwatson
    @Ranjanwatson Před 5 dny

    Nicely narrated rich with research. Thank you for sharing.

  • @jamesjamerson7233
    @jamesjamerson7233 Před 4 dny

    Great documentary ❤

  • @caraelizabeth7307
    @caraelizabeth7307 Před 6 dny +5

    Would have said Sidney Reilly was the real 007 before watching this. Now he’s got competition!

  • @camerondempster4147
    @camerondempster4147 Před 5 dny +1

    A man called Intrepid. William Stephenson

  • @sekhem313
    @sekhem313 Před 6 dny +6

    the REAL James Bond was an ornithologist - we wrote the book Birds of the West Indies. He regretted allowing his name to be used in public fiction.

    • @ThePrinceofallsayain
      @ThePrinceofallsayain Před 5 dny +1

      Bruh they share the name but everyone knows the real bond in fiction is cooler than some bird geek

  • @RedRepublicanArmy
    @RedRepublicanArmy Před 5 dny +1

    He is CODY BANKS.

  • @j.l.emerson592
    @j.l.emerson592 Před 4 dny

    The fictional James Bond/007 was a composite of several men who were double/triple agents during WWII. Popov played a large part in the espionage of WWII. BTW, this has been known for decades... Since maybe the 1960s?

  • @GiseleLeclerc
    @GiseleLeclerc Před 5 dny +1

    it was a Canadian who was the real James Bond character

  • @michaelpjeffries1521
    @michaelpjeffries1521 Před 3 dny

    He was an amalgamation of several people he met along the way. Name came from a church near hotel in Toronto St James & Bond. The Sinclair farmhouse was last of camp X to go in 64 in a training exercise by fire department. Erasing last evidrnce of its existence.

  • @ToplicaSRB
    @ToplicaSRB Před 5 dny

    I love how they manage to spin it and say he was croatian. Amazing historical accuracy. I wonder how they manage to conclude that he is Croatian, for a person, whose parents are Serbian, who was born in Titel (then Austria-Hungary, now Serbia), who did live in Dubrovnik which was then part of Yugoslavia, finished highschool in Paris and law school in Belgrade, and then lived abroad. Its not even debatable (as for some historical figures), its plain fact.

  • @troyc4487
    @troyc4487 Před 6 dny +6

    The real James Bond was Ian Fleming. He actually did try to take down Nazis in the gambling style of Casino Royale. And, he did conduct daring secret operations for Royal Naval Intelligence.

    • @paulthompsen
      @paulthompsen Před 5 dny

      ,pp

    • @josephteller9715
      @josephteller9715 Před 4 dny

      Fleming was not. Fleming was mostly not a field agent, he ran field agents. His character was built as a composite off of several agents and assets that the government ran, and were carefully crafted to NOT break the official secrets act that all British Intelligence are bound to.

  • @murderedcarrot9684
    @murderedcarrot9684 Před 5 dny +1

    The "Real" 007 was Carol Burnett. True Story.

    • @Kathy-ut9kf
      @Kathy-ut9kf Před 4 dny +1

      Tim Conway the Ambassador of Misinformation 😅

  • @PopGoesTheology
    @PopGoesTheology Před 6 dny +31

    Spoiler alert: Yes, he was.

  • @dushy35
    @dushy35 Před 5 dny

    cool name

  • @janealla88
    @janealla88 Před 5 dny

    Is there a movie about his life

  • @nicknamedude
    @nicknamedude Před 4 dny

    This is even better than Bond

  • @johnjacobs1625
    @johnjacobs1625 Před 5 dny +1

    kool

  • @josiasguiomar2504
    @josiasguiomar2504 Před 5 dny

    Double Cross Eddie Chapman was the "real" James Bond.

  • @user-ri9hb6th1w
    @user-ri9hb6th1w Před 5 dny

    I love that fact that we used the same tactics to mislead the germans as they had to to france we he invaded..... And american russian and british being squeezed on three fronts 😮😅😂

  • @KentuckyBrad
    @KentuckyBrad Před 2 dny

    Christopher lee was the real james bond

  • @user-ri9hb6th1w
    @user-ri9hb6th1w Před 5 dny +1

    Ha! I bet they wished they woulda listened to him about pearl harbor ! But also my view is that england needed america to join the war to beat the naziz and a attack on pearl harbor would been the perfect reason for the americans to join the war , the truth in war is always protected by a bodyguard of lies . "winston churchhill"

    • @Mike-hu3pp
      @Mike-hu3pp Před 5 dny

      The USA doesn't like to listen to "foreigners" because they are always right. I've been yelled at by a few Americans for my accent and not pronouncing words "correctly". The A or H bombs wouldn't have been built without European ingenuity.

  • @robinbrowne5419
    @robinbrowne5419 Před 5 dny

    Sean Connery was the real James Bond. Everybody else is an imposter. 🙂👍

    • @nanabutner
      @nanabutner Před 5 dny +1

      😄😄. I too love Sean Connery as James Bond!

    • @robinbrowne5419
      @robinbrowne5419 Před 5 dny

      @@nanabutner Search youtube for
      All 24 James Bond theme songs
      It will bring back some memories :-)

  • @israel_started_it_ALL_in_1947

    WW2

    • @Tobeesho
      @Tobeesho Před 5 dny

      It will all end on that day in ISRAEL on the Mountain of Olives, when King Jesus' lands! Israel we shall see.😊

  • @GameandFoodTech
    @GameandFoodTech Před 5 dny

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪should be recognized as separate country.

  • @dartvader9939
    @dartvader9939 Před 4 dny

    J e Hoover was a narcissist

  • @Mr.KaganbYaltrk
    @Mr.KaganbYaltrk Před 5 dny

    He wasn't handsome though

  • @ceda666
    @ceda666 Před 5 dny +1

    Is Novak Djokovic croat? Tesla is a croat? Every serbian is a croat? They just don't know...never did, but who cares.
    Yugoslavia is a serbian state project, same as USSR was russian one. People that lived in that Frankenstein country were not known by their nationality until the breakup of the country in the 1991-95.

  • @helenstillman-dk7jm
    @helenstillman-dk7jm Před 5 dny

    Ian fleming didnt even write it the real 007 did & paid ian fleming to say he did cos of his bro - the real 007 was round well b4 ww2