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Edward Arnold Chapman (16 November 1914 – 11 December 1997) was an English criminal and wartime spy. During the Second World War he offered his services to Nazi Germany as a spy and subsequently became a British double agent. His British Secret Service handlers codenamed him Agent Zigzag in acknowledgement of his erratic personal history.
Feb 9, 2021 · Far from being an Aryan super-saboteur, Chapman was an accomplished safecracker and professional crook from Northern England. Unbeknownst to all but the most secretive agencies in the country, he was also possibly the most daring and successful double agent in the world at the time.
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Oct 18, 2023 · Edward Arnold (Eddie) Chapman (1914–1997) — AKA Agent ZigZag — Gangster, double agent. German Iron Cross holder. Photographed by MI5 after being parachuted back to England, 1942. (Image...
Edward (or ‘Eddie’) Arnold Chapman was born in Berwick upon Tweed in England on 16 November 1914. He grew up during the Great Depression. He left school aged 14 in a bid to help the family financially.
Edward Arnold CHAPMAN, codenamed ZIGZAG: British. CHAPMAN had been a burglar and expert safe-blower before the Second World War. He was imprisoned by the Nazis in 1940 during the occupation of...
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Dec 20, 1997 · Eddie Chapman, a notorious British safecracker who hoodwinked German intelligence in World War II -- winning the Nazis' Iron Cross for bravery while serving as a double agent...
Dec 7, 2017 · Edward Arnold (Eddie) Chapman (1914-1997) Gangster, double agent. German Iron Cross holder. Photographed by MI5 after being parachuted back to England, 1942. Chapman was transferred to a jail in Paris where, facing a twenty-year sentence under British law, he offered to spy for Germany.
