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The Bletchley Park Codebreakers (Dialogue Espionage Classics) Book
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The work of British codebreakers based at Bletchley Park is now believed to have shortened the duration of the Second World War by up to two years. During the dark days of 1941 as Britain stood almost alone against the might of the Nazis this remarkable achievement might have been unthinkable. With the help of their Polish counterparts they had broken the German Enigma machine cipher but the resources on which they could call were so small that all seemed in vain. In 1941 in response to a warning by Britain's codebreakers that their efforts to break the Enigma code were being hampered by lack of funds Winston Churchill ordered that they be given everything they needed. He marked his minutes of the decision with the words action this dayA". This book includes essays by some of Britain's foremost historians and academics - including Christopher Andrew author of The Defence of the Realm - and tells the full history of Bletchley Park tracing its legacy from the innovative work which led to the breaking of Enigma and other wartime codes to the invention of modern computing and its influence on Cold War codebreaking.Crucially it also features contributions from former Bletchley Park codebreakers whose personal reminiscences and very human stories of life and work in wartime Bletchley make The Bletchley Park Codebreakers compulsive reading.
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The British codebreakers at Bletchley Park are now believed to have shortened the duration of the Second World War by up to two years. During the dark days of 1941, as Britain stood almost alone against the the Nazis, this remarkable achievement seemed impossible. This extraordinary book, originally published as Action This Day, includes descriptions by some of Britain's foremost historians of the work of Bletchley Park, from the breaking ofEnigma and other wartime codes to the invention of modern computing, and its influence on Cold War codebreaking. Crucially, it features personal reminiscences and very human stories of wartime codebreaking from former Bletchley Park codebreakers themselves. This edition includes new material from one of those who was there, making The Bletchley Park Codebreakers compulsive reading. The best collection of military, espionage, and adventure stories ever told. The Dialogue Espionage Classics series began in 2010 with the purpose of bringing back classic out-of-print spying and espionage tales.From WWI and WWII to the Cold War, D-Day to the SOE, Bletchley Park to the Comet Line this fascinating spy history series brings you the best stories that should never be forgotten.
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Bletchley Park Codebreakers : Paperback : Biteback Publishing : 9781849540780 : 1849540780 : 13 Dec 2011 : This extraordinary book, originally published as Action This Day, includes descriptions by some of Britain's foremost historians of the work of Bletchley Park.
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This extraordinary book originally published as Action This Day includes descriptions by some of Britain's foremost historians of the work of Bletchley Park.
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Michael Smith (Editor), Ralph Erskine (Editor)
- 1849540780
- 9781849540780
- 20 January 2011
- Biteback
- Paperback (Book)
- 512
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