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TIL Wilhelm Canaris, head of the German Abwehr military intelligence during WW2, hated the nazi regime so much he revealed massive amounts of military intelligence to the Allies, talked Spanish dictator Franco out of joining the Axis, and talked Hitler out of invading Switzerland.

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