Was This WW2 Secret Agent The Real James Bond? | Secret War 

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

Interesting And thrilling video!! Thanks!

Cat spotted at 5:14 😊

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"

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.

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

Popov and Garbo are the true heros of WW2

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

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.

Did Ian Fleming base James Bond Character on Christopher Lee?

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!

Duško was Serbian.

Wow great video well worth watching... cheers

No it was Christopher Lee

J e Hoover was a narcissist

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.

Popov was Serbian, not Croatian.

Spoiler alert: Yes, he was.

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. 😂🤣

A man called Intrepid. William Stephenson

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.

Christopher lee was the real james bond

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Duško Popov OBE Duško Popov, 1941 Born Dušan Popov 10 July 1912 Titel, Austria-Hungary (present-day Serbia) Died 18 August 1981 (aged 69) Opio, Alpes-Maritimes, France Nationality SerbianYugoslavBritish Alma mater University of Belgrade University of Freiburg Occupation(s) Lawyer, businessman, intelligence officer Spouse(s) Janine Ducasse (1946-1961; divorced) Jill Jonsson (1962-1981; his death) Children 4 Parent(s) Milorad Popov, Zora Popov Awards Iron Cross Order of the British Empire Espionage activity Allegiance Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia United Kingdom United Kingdom Service branch VOA, MI6, Abwehr Service years 1940-1945 Codename Duško Codename Ivan Codename Tricycle Codename Scoot Operations World War II Dušan "Duško" Popov OBE (Serbian Cyrillic: Душко Попов; 10 July 1912 - 10 August 1981) was a Serbian, a double agent who served as part of the MI6 and Abwehr during World War II.

He looks like Antenna Man

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

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

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

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!

Methinks Bond was way loosely based on ( Sir ) William Stephenson, Canadian.

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?

No the real Bond was a Dutch soldier Peter Tazelaar......see wiki.

Nicely narrated rich with research. Thank you for sharing.

The microdot is not that well let's put it this way my grandfather who was with the French underground and a photographer used his photographic skills to create tiny little film I mean we're talking micro-sized pieces that went inside a pin which would then be passed off by his underground partner and the woman who was keeping his family protected and that woman let's say there was something wrong with the pin and would pass it off to whoever it was at the market and the pin would be handed back minus the piece of film that was inside literally it's the size of what a Microdot would be and considering the chemicals he used to create the film that was smaller than a portrait picture would be in a tiny little cavity you can make out one of the pieces because the corroded the back of where it had sat.

More like a bounty hunter. . serves no master.

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

Excellent.👌

Great documentary ❤

Dusan Popov was Serbian

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@ 2:58 looks like he had a lazy Eye.😊

Ian Fleming may have based his stories on various agents, but the never-changing character of James Bond is definitely from Duško Popov.

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

I prefer Sean Connery

Is there a movie about his life

Apart from not being British, Portfirio Rubirosa has my vote

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

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.

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?

This is even better than Bond

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

"I'm going to create an agency and make the Germans pay for it!"

cool name

This guy was Serbian, not Croatian, get your facts straight! Who knows how many other mistakes is there all over your channel

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.

Popov was a Serb

He wasn't handsome though

He is CODY BANKS.

it was a Canadian who was the real James Bond character

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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 😮😅😂

The funny thing about the microdot is my grandfather the film and other things that he was sending were the size of a pinky finger nail so I guess it was bigger than a micro Dot.

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