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

@giorgosarifoglu953

13 күн бұрын

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

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

16 күн бұрын

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

@shaunmyers3562

8 күн бұрын

True, but Fleming admitted before his death that he was inspired by Popov when he encountered him in a casino. That's how you get the first James Bond novel Casino Royale.

Popov and Garbo are the true heros of WW2

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!

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

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

Interesting And thrilling video!! Thanks!

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!

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

@misha8896

17 күн бұрын

Yes, originally from Titel

@davidtuttle7556

17 күн бұрын

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

17 күн бұрын

so?

@fanroche8573

8 күн бұрын

@@AdamDylanFoley those differences are pretty essential to understanding the balkans and historic context

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

Wow great video well worth watching... cheers

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. 😂🤣

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

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?

Nicely narrated rich with research. Thank you for sharing.

He looks like Antenna Man

Great documentary ❤

Excellent.👌

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

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

16 күн бұрын

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

No it was Christopher Lee

@jimihendrix991

3 күн бұрын

myth...

@earth7551

3 күн бұрын

@@jimihendrix991 Lol no myth realty Lee was welcome when in the filming of The Howling 2 they were not allowed as soon as the town chiefs found out Christopher Lee was allowed there were granted permission he help liberate the town from nazis

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

17 күн бұрын

,pp

@josephteller9715

16 күн бұрын

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.

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.

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?

A man called Intrepid. William Stephenson

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

Cat spotted at 5:14 😊

Did Ian Fleming base James Bond Character on Christopher Lee?

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.

Duško was Serbian.

@thule505

3 күн бұрын

no he wasnt..croatian

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

@Kathy-ut9kf

16 күн бұрын

Tim Conway the Ambassador of Misinformation 😅

This is even better than Bond

it was a Canadian who was the real James Bond character

@mustangmanmustangman4596

7 күн бұрын

you are the only person right! even his family didnt know

cool name

kool

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

Is there a movie about his life

Christopher lee was the real james bond

Spoiler alert: Yes, he was.

@briancooper2112

17 күн бұрын

Bond was based on real spy Fleming met during ww2.

@skipmagil

17 күн бұрын

Oh no

@kayef5724

17 күн бұрын

No it wasn’t, it was Porfirio Rubirosa.

@RonaldPickering

17 күн бұрын

@@kayef5724No. His name was Mark Renton from Leith, Edinburgh - Scotland.

@murderedcarrot9684

17 күн бұрын

Wich one throws a shoe?

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 😮😅😂

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

16 күн бұрын

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.

He is CODY BANKS.

WW2

@Tobeesho

17 күн бұрын

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

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

@nanabutner

16 күн бұрын

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

@robinbrowne5419

16 күн бұрын

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

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

J e Hoover was a narcissist

He wasn't handsome though

Popov was a Serb

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

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.

@paulenka5

17 күн бұрын

ok war criminal.