| Eddie Chapman | |
 Chapman's Police photo December 1942
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| Born | Edward Arnold Chapman November 16, 1914 Burnopfield, County Durham, England |
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| Died | December 11, 1997 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | World War II British double agent |
| Spouse | Betty Farmer (1938 - 1997; his death) |
| Children | Suzanne Chapman |
- For the West Ham United player and club secretary, see Eddie Chapman (footballer)
Edward Arnold "Eddie" Chapman (born November 16, 1914, Burnopfield, County Durham, – died December 11, 1997) was a habitual criminal who became a British double agent (code named ZigZag) during World War II. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Burnopfield is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated north of Stanley, close to the River Derwent. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A split album featuring performances by bands The KGB and Alien Spy that was produced in 1997 Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Eddie Chapman (b 1923 East Ham, London, UK. d 2002 was a Football (soccer player and chaiman closely associated with West Ham United Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Burnopfield is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated north of Stanley, close to the River Derwent. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar A split album featuring performances by bands The KGB and Alien Spy that was produced in 1997 World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He had a number of aliases which were known to the British police, amongst them Edward Edwards, Arnold Thompson and Edward Simpson. His German codename was Fritz or later its diminutive, Fritzchen.
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Background
After serving with the Coldstream Guards in the 1930s, Chapman deserted and became a safecracker with London West End gangs, and spent several stretches in jail for the crime. Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards (COLDM GDS is a Regiment of the British Army, part of In Military terminology desertion is the Abandonment of a " Duty " or post without permission from one's Government or superior He had affairs with a number of women on the fringe of London high society and then blackmailed them with photographs taken by an accomplice.
He was arrested in Scotland and charged with blowing the safe of the headquarters of the Edinburgh Co-operative Society. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Let out on bail, he fled to the island of Jersey where he continued his double career and was eventually sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment for cracking the safe of a large dance hall. The Channel Islands ( Norman: Îles d'la Manche, French: Îles Anglo-Normandes or Îles de la Manche) are a group of Islands The Bailiwick of Jersey ( Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France.
Immediately before his arrest, he had been dining with his lover, Betty Farmer, at the Hotel du Plage and made a spectacular exit through the dining room window (which was shut at the time), when he saw undercover police coming to arrest him for crimes on the mainland.
War record
Chapman was in prison for theft when the Channel Islands were occupied by the Germans, who recruited him as an agent. The Channel Islands ( Norman: Îles d'la Manche, French: Îles Anglo-Normandes or Îles de la Manche) are a group of Islands Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He was trained in France (at La Bretonnière, near Nantes) and dispatched to England to commit acts of sabotage. Nantes (Naoned Gallo: Naunnt) is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy oppressor or employer through subversion obstruction disruption and/or destruction
He was parachuted into Cambridgeshire on December 16, 1942 and handed himself in to the police before offering his services to MI5. History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thanks to ULTRA, MI5 had prior knowledge of his mission. ULTra ("Urban Light Transport" is a Personal rapid transit system from Advanced Transport Systems Ltd a company based in Cardiff, Wales. [1] He was interrogated at Latchmere House in West London, better known as Camp 020. West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central London. MI5 decided to use him against the Germans.
They faked a sabotage attack on his target, the de Havilland aircraft factory in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, where the Mosquito was built. The de Havilland Aircraft Company (less commonly spelled de Haviland was a British aviation manufacturer founded in 1920 when Airco, of which Geoffrey Hatfield, originally Bishop's Hatfield, is in the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire, in the south of England. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout He made his way back to Germany via Lisbon in Portugal. Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. He made an offer to MI5 to perform a suicide attack on Adolf Hitler on his return to Germany. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Stephan von Gröning (known to Chapman as "Dr. Graumann"), Chapman's German handler, had previously told him that after a successful sabotage attack he would be put "in the first or second row" near Hitler's podium during a Nazi rally. Due to reasons undisclosed in official documents the assassination attempt didn't go through, and Chapman was asked "not to undertake any wild enterprises". [2]
Chapman claimed to have received the Iron Cross, making him the first Englishman to receive such an award since the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, though there is some doubt about this. For other meanings please see Iron Cross (disambiguation The Iron Cross ( was a Military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War ( 19 July, 1870 — 10 May, 1871 It has been suggested that he actually received the War Merit Cross 2nd Class (Kriegsverdienstkreuz), as the Iron Cross was reserved for military personnel during the Third Reich period. He was also rewarded with 110,000 Reichmarks and his own yacht. [3] In an assessment an MI5 officer wrote "The Germans came to love Chapman . . . [B]ut although he went cynically through all the forms he did not reciprocate. Chapman loved himself, loved adventure and loved his country, probably in that order. "[4]
Chapman was sent to Norway to teach at a German spy school in Oslo. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. But after Operation Overlord he was sent back to Britain to report back to Germany on the accuracy of the V-1 and V-2 weapons. Operation Overlord was the code name for the invasion of northwest Europe during World War II by Allied forces The Fieseler Fi 103, better known as V-1 (German Vergeltungswaffe 1 was an early Cruise missile used during World War Two See also Vergeltungswaffe The V-2 rocket ( Vergeltungswaffe 2 was the first Ballistic missile and first man-made object to achieve Here he consistently reported to the Germans that the bombs were overshooting their central London target, and consequently the Germans adjusted their aim, with the end result that the bombs landed south of London, doing far less damage than they otherwise would have done. After this he returned to Oslo with more false information.
Love life
Chapman achieved a unique record during the war, having at the same time, on opposite sides of the war, two fiancées, one in England (Freda Stevenson) and one in Norway (Dagmar Lahlum), each under the protection of and financially assisted by their respective governments. Dagmar Mohne Hansen Lahlum ( Eidsvoll, Norway 1922 — 1999 the daughter of a shoe maker [5] After the war he abandoned both women and instead married his former pre-war lover Betty Farmer - whom he had left in a hurry at the Hotel de la Plage, Jersey, in 1938. Chapman and his wife later had a daughter, Suzanne (b. 1954). Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar)
After the war
Eventually he was allowed to retire with a £6,000 payment from MI5, plus he was allowed to keep £1,000 of the money the Germans had given to him. He was granted a pardon for his pre-war activities and was reported by MI5 to have been living "in fashionable places in London always in the company of beautiful women of apparent culture. "[4]
MI5 expressed some apprehension that when his money ran out he might take up crime again and if caught plead for leniency on grounds of his highly secret wartime service. He did get into trouble with the police for various crimes and more than once had a character reference from former intelligence officers, confirming his great war effort.
He also received a payment from the film of his war time exploits called Triple Cross (1966) in which he was played by Christopher Plummer; Chapman was very disappointed with the film. Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born December 13 1929 is a Canadian Theater, Film and Television actor.
Chapman and his wife later set up a health farm (Shenley Lodge, Shenley, Herts) and owned a castle in Ireland. After the war Chapman remained friends with Von Gröning, who by then had fallen on hard times.
He died on 20 December 1997, aged 83, from undisclosed causes. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
Bibliography
- Edward Chapman and Frank Owen The Eddie Chapman Story, Pub: Messner, New York City, 1953 (ASIN B0000CIO9B)
- Nicholas Booth, "Zigzag - The Incredible Wartime Exploits of Double Agent Eddie Chapman", 2007, Portrait, London (ISBN 0749951567)
- Ben Macintyre, "Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman, Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy", Bloomsbury, London, 2007, (ISBN 0747587949)
Notes
- ^ Doubleagent ZIG ZAG (KV 2/455-463)
- ^ The spy who offered to blow up Hitler on a suicide mission by Ben Macintyre The Times 9 January 2007
- ^ How double agents duped the Nazis BBC 5 July 2001
- ^ a b ZigZag, a womaniser and thief who double-crossed the Nazis by Michael Smith, The Daily Telegraph, 5 July 2001
- ^ Edward Arnold Chapman -- Agent 0747587949 / ZIGZAG. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Bloomsbury Publishing. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is an independent London -based publishing house known for literary Novels It was named Publisher of the Year in 1999 and Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor
External links
- US Defence Inteligence Agency uses Eddie Chapman case as an example by A. Denis Clift, President Joint Military Intelligence College Harvard University 20 February 2003
- Triple Cross at the Internet Movie Database
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