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Yes, during WWII there was a man that earned both the Order of the British Empire and the Iron Cross in the same year.
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Juan Pujol Garcia of Spain was a double agent. The Nazis thought that he was spying for them but he was actually working for the British. I saw his story on some click bait article and had to check it out. His information was very convincing to the British. He was a big part of the disinformation on D-Day that kept the Germans from defending the right beaches. In fact they had a bit of a stroke of luck the night before the invasion:
"In order to maintain his credibility, it was decided that Garbo (or one of his agents) should forewarn the Germans of the timing and some details of the actual invasion of Normandy, although sending it too late for them to take effective action. Special arrangements were made with the German radio operators to be listening to Garbo through the night of 5/6 June 1944, using the story that a sub-agent was about to arrive with important information. However, when the call was made at 3 AM, no reply was received from the German operators until 8 AM. This enabled Garbo to add more, genuine but now out-of-date, operational details to the message when finally received, and thus increase his standing with the Germans. Garbo told his German contacts that he was disgusted that his first message was missed, saying "I cannot accept excuses or negligence. Were it not for my ideals I would abandon the work."[4]"
Juan Pujol García - Wikipedia
Juan Pujol Garcia of Spain was a double agent. The Nazis thought that he was spying for them but he was actually working for the British. I saw his story on some click bait article and had to check it out. His information was very convincing to the British. He was a big part of the disinformation on D-Day that kept the Germans from defending the right beaches. In fact they had a bit of a stroke of luck the night before the invasion:
"In order to maintain his credibility, it was decided that Garbo (or one of his agents) should forewarn the Germans of the timing and some details of the actual invasion of Normandy, although sending it too late for them to take effective action. Special arrangements were made with the German radio operators to be listening to Garbo through the night of 5/6 June 1944, using the story that a sub-agent was about to arrive with important information. However, when the call was made at 3 AM, no reply was received from the German operators until 8 AM. This enabled Garbo to add more, genuine but now out-of-date, operational details to the message when finally received, and thus increase his standing with the Germans. Garbo told his German contacts that he was disgusted that his first message was missed, saying "I cannot accept excuses or negligence. Were it not for my ideals I would abandon the work."[4]"