Ian Fleming is best known for being the writer of the James Bond novels, but before that he was an intelligence officer with the British Naval Intelligence Service. His career was made by two operations during the war, one of which was Operation Golden Eye.
Golden Eye was a plan to conduct sabotage operations against Spain should they forge an alliance with Germany or worse, be taken over by them. Because Spain had become fascist in the Spanish Civil War of 1936, Britain feared that they would sympathize with Germany and possibly cooperate with them to invade Gibraltar, the British port city and the Allies' gateway into the Mediterranean Sea. However, due to the fact that Spain never allowed German units into Spain ( in fact, like Switzerland, Spain kept its neutrality and became a hotbed of spy activity on both sides) the plans were scrapped.
Nevertheless, Operation Golden Eye had a lasting effect on Ian Fleming, the operation planner. He would later name his Jamaican home Goldeneye (later also the name of the 16th Bond movie), and thanks to his wartime career as a spy and peacetime career as a journalist he began to create the most famous novel character in history: James Bond. Until next time take care, and thanks for reading.
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