The Indian spy who played 5 sides in World War II
Bhagat Ram Talwar played a unique role in both India's freedom movement and World War II. In 1941, he assisted Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in escaping British India and reaching Afghanistan. By the mid-1940s, Talwar was running espionage operations for Germans, Italians, Soviets, British, and Japanese. His British handler was Peter Fleming, brother of James Bond author Ian Fleming. Despite the controversy surrounding his loyalties, Talwar remains an important figure in wartime intelligence history.
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