416: Nazi Germany’s Bungled Operation Condor w/ Gavin Whitehead

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In 1942, two Abwehr German agents, including Johannes Eppler, slipped into Cairo to gather intelligence for Rommel’s desert campaign, getting help from local allies like the famous dancer Hekmet Fahmy and Anwar Sadat. Despite their efforts to infiltrate British circles, the whole operation eventually fell apart once Allied intelligence caught on. My guest, once again, is Gavin Whitehead, creator of The Art of Crime Podcast. His sixth season of the show (all about espionage) is now available wherever podcasts are heard. Gavin's website: https://www.artofcrimepodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Think about cheese.
0:02.0	Make your thoughts cheesier.
0:04.2	Now add 100% chicken breast fillet, Chipotle sauce and Ameta cheese melt.
0:08.3	And it's giving the new cheesy chicken stack at McDonald's.
0:12.0	Did we mention it's cheesy?
0:13.9	Cheese!
0:15.8	Availments of the 4th of Jan, 2026 from 11am.
0:18.1	Plus and participation may vary.
0:19.2	Subjects availability.
0:21.3	A world on fire. Nations collapsing, ideologies clashing, and ordinary men and women caught in the storm.
0:29.4	Hi, I'm Ray Harris Jr. of the History of World War II podcast, and we'll cover the battles
0:34.5	that shaped the war, from the deserts of North Africa to the frozen forests of the Ardennes,
0:40.4	because history isn't just names and dates.
0:43.5	It's people, choices, and consequences
0:46.2	at World War II Podcast.net.
0:49.2	Thank you. The
0:57.0	The Welcome, everyone to another episode of the Most Notorious podcast. I'm Eric Riveniz.
1:23.3	I am very pleased to reintroduce Gavin Whitehead. He is back again. His The Art of Crime
1:30.8	podcast has returned for its latest season, season six, and it's all about spies. And today we
1:38.5	will spend some time talking about a failed World War II espionage campaign known as Operation Condor.
1:47.6	Thank you for coming back, Gavin. Great to talk to you, as always.
1:52.3	Eric, thank you for having me back. It's always a pleasure to come on Most Notorious.
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