Codename_Zig-Zag Codename_Zig-Zag

Codename Zig-Zag - Definition and Overview

Zig-Zag was the codename of Eddie Chapman, a criminal imprisoned in Jersey for safe-breaking in Glasgow. On the occupation of the Channel Islands, the Germans recruited him as an agent and despatched him to mainland Britain to commit acts of sabotage. He was turned and was used to feed misinformation to the Germans.

Chapman's story is related in the film Triple Cross in which he is played by Christopher Plummer.

See also: World War II
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