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Originally Posted by Kptlt. Neuerburg
I've read about Popov as well as the other D-Day spies in Ben Macintyre's book Double Cross (which is a pun as the Roman numeral for twenty is XX), his MI5 code names where Skoot and Tricycle. I think Popov was one of two people who where the inspiration for Ian Fleming's character James Bond. The other is possibly Edward "Eddie" Chapman a criminal who was recruited by the Abwehr while imprisoned in Jersey. He was also the only British citizen to have been awarded the Iron Cross.
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Yes!  "Agent Zigzag".
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