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Oct 18, 2023 · During interrogation at Camp 020 (MI5’s interrogation center in southwest London), the man displayed a complete willingness to collaborate, openly sharing every detail with his interrogators ...
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Eddie Chapman (1914-1997), a British criminal turned spy, was a double agent who so fooled the German government during World War II that it awarded him an Iron Cross for service. While not considered the most important double agent during the war, he “was probably the most colorful,” Christopher Andrew wrote in London's Times Onlineof the safecrac...
Chapman was born on November 16, 1914, in Burnopfield, a mining village near Newcastle, England. He worked in shipyards as an adolescent and briefly joined the Coldstream Guards, a regiment of the British Army, but was released in 1933; frequently he was in trouble. Chapman was part of a “jelly gang,” a group that specialized in blowing up safes wi...
On December 16, 1942, Chapman, amid darkness of night, landed by parachute in Britain's Cambridgeshire countryside, near Ely. His assignment was to blow up the de Havilland aircraft factory at Hatfield, where the British made the effective Mosquito bomber. Chapman carried fraudulent identity, ––C990 ($2,000) in used currency, a radio set, and a sui...
After he returned to Germany, Chapman was dispatched to Norway to teach at a spy school in Oslo. After D–Day, the invasion of Normandy in June of 1944, the Abwehr sent him back to England to inspect damage from the V bombs. Chapman, who landed on concrete in his parachuting return and lost some teeth, continued to work as a double agent. His misinf...
Chapman published three books about his work: The Eddie Chapman Story (1953), Free Agent: The Further Adventures of Eddie Chapman (1955) and The Real Eddie Chapman Story (1966). Also in 1966, the film “Triple Cross” was released, with Tony Award winner Christopher Plummer playing Chapman. Meanwhile, the Germans joined the British in forgiving Chapm...
The release of the 2007 books revived interest in Chapman's work. After Macintyre published his book, old friends and enemies alike contacted the author. Journalist Peter Kinsley said, as quoted in the Times:“Eddie would have loved the publicity. His old friends said he should have worn a T–shirt emblazoned ‘I am a Spy for MI5.’ The last time I met...
“Ben McIntyre Shortlisted for Costa Book Awards 2007,” Times Online, http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2909485.ece(December 12, 2007). “The Day Agent Zigzag Came Back from the Dead,” Times Online, http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/history/article1937243.ece(November ...
Camp 020 at Latchmere House in south-west London was a British interrogation centre for captured German agents during the Second World War. [1] It was run by Lieutenant Colonel Robin "Tin Eye" Stephens.
Dec 11, 2017 · MI5 took Chapman to Latchmere House, then known as Camp 020, in west London. They questioned him closely, and eventually accepted his offer to become a double agent.
Jul 5, 2001 · British camp commandant about agent Zigzag. But these sleazy credentials helped make Chapman, codenamed Zigzag, an ideal wartime double agent, according to the Public Record Office files. He...
Nov 23, 2011 · The Monocled World War II Interrogator. Robin “Tin Eye” Stephens became known for “breaking” captured German spies without laying a hand on them. Gilbert King. November 23, 2011. MI5 Master...
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May 18, 2020 · Eddie Chapman was a double agent who fed false information to German intelligence during World War II. He received an Iron Cross medal from Germany for his service.
