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8 Reddit comments about Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal:

u/AmesCG · 24 pointsr/AskHistorians

You beat me to the punch on this one, but it's not fair to say that Eddie Chapman "worked simultaneously" for both powers. Eddie, "Agent Zigzag," was a Briton by birth, was "turned" by the Germans (double agent), but upon being airdropped into England by the Abwehr (German for "Defense" -- the German spy agency before its late-war liquidation), turned himself in immediately to MI6 (triple agent), where he joined the Double Cross ("XX") team under Tar Robertson.

After joining XX, his handlers began to suspect that he was in fact a triple or quadruple agent (depending on how you count it), but he was faithful to England to the last.

Interestingly, there's also an indication that Chapman's German handler knew he was dealing falsely with the Abwehr, but kept running him anyways. The Abwehr was a known hotbed of anti-Nazi sentiment, which is why Himmler absorbed the department late in the war. (Source for the above: Agent ZigZag and Macintyre's other book, as well as Shirer's Rise and Fall).

Additionally, one of the XX Team handlers, whose name I forget, both ran double agents for England, and reported on the XX program to the Soviets. So he was a double-agent running double-agents.

u/ArthropodOfDoom · 6 pointsr/todayilearned

Yo, for the lot of you out there who do something other than stare at this boring comment all day, go read about Agent Zigzag. Fascinating character. Here's the Amazon link and the Wikipedia article. Discuss.

u/felinfine8 · 4 pointsr/booksuggestions

Agent Zigzag is the true story of a WW2 double agent that is so damn good you can't believe it all really happened. Do yourself a favour and read it. https://www.amazon.com/Agent-Zigzag-Story-Espionage-Betrayal/dp/0307353419

u/[deleted] · 3 pointsr/Military

I highly recommend Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre. I couldn't put it down when I started it. Its an interesting non-fiction story about a spy in WWII.

u/VaultBoy42 · 3 pointsr/suggestmeabook

Agent Zigzag is a non-fiction account of an actual WWII spy who was a double-agent. His spy career is the basis for a lot of fictional spies. The book is really well written and I couldn't recommend it highly enough.

This book doesn't really delve into politics very much, but it is set during World War II. As long as you have a passing knowledge of the most destructive event in human history, you shouldn't have any trouble understanding Zigzag's story.

u/bitbucket87 · 2 pointsr/AskMen

Agent Zig-Zag

An awesome read. It's spy stuff but in a different setting with historical context.

u/Ganglebot · 1 pointr/books

Operation Mincemeat - Ben Macintyre

or Agent Zigzag - Ben Macintyre

If you like Charlie Wilson's War you'll like either of these two. They are about the British counter-intelligence efforts during world war two. It is funny how bizarre, yet successful some of their efforts were.

I highly recommend them.