Codebreakers

The Inside Story of Bletchley Park

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

This is a colourful and authentic account of daily life and work at Government Communications Headquarters, Bletchley Park, the most successful intelligence agency in history.By 1942 the codebreakers of Bletchley Park and its out-stations were breaking some 4,000 German signals a day, and almost as many from Italy and Japan, eavesdropping on enemy communications up to the highest levels of command. Their colleagues used these decrypts to produce Ultra intelligence which gave a detailed, accurate, and up-to-date picture of enemy strengths, weaknesses, and intentions. The codebreakers' contribution to the war effort was invaluable: Churchill described them as the `secret weapon' that `won the war'.For the first time a group of the men and women who worked on this top-secret enterprise have combined to write their story in full. Here, they vividly describe their recruitment and training, their feelings and activities, and recall in detail their successes and failures.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-08-26
Mått:162 x 238 x 26 mm
Vikt:698 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198203278

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`this splendid book, which is divided into four sections, tells of one of the most amazing feats in cryptologic history ... This is a remarkable book, undoubtedly the definitive work on Bletchley Park, with livley anecdotes and detailed stories giving a colourful account of BP's daily life and work, which made a major contribution to shortening the war, as Hinsley demonstrates in an astute analysis.'Cryptologia, January 1994

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - the influence of Ultra in World War II, F.H. Hinsley. Part 1 The production of Ultra intelligence: life in and out of Hut 3, William Millward; the duty officer Hut 3, Ralph Bennett; a naval officer in Hut 3, Edward Thomas; the Z watch in Hut 4 part I, Alec Dakin; the Z watch in Hut 4 part II, Walter Eytan; Italian naval decrypts, Patrick Wilkinson; Naval Section VI, Vivienne Alford; Anglo-American signals intelligence co-operation, Telford Taylor; an American at Bletchley, Robert M. Slusser; Bletchley Park, the Admiralty and naval Enigma, F.H. Hinsley. Part 2 Enigma: the Enigma machine - its mechanism and use, Alan Stripp; Hut 6 - early days, Stuart Milner-Barry; Hut 6 - 1941-1945, Derek Taunt; Hut 8 and naval Enigma part I, Joan Murray; Hut 8 and naval Enigma part II, Rolf Noskwith; the Abwehr Enigma, Peter Twinn; the bombes, Diana Payne; Part 3 Fish: an introduction to Fish, F.H. Hinsley; Enigma and Fish, Jack Good; the Tunny machine, Ken Halton; Operation Tunny, Gil Hayward. Part 4 Field ciphers and tactical codes: recollections of Bletchley Park, France and Cairo, Henry Dryden; army Ultra's poor relations, Noel Currer-Briggs; navy Ultra's poor relations, Christopher Morris; tactical signals of the German air force, Peter Gray Lucas. Part 5 Japanese codes: Japanese naval codes, Michael Loewe; Bedford - Bletchley - Kilindini - Colombo, Hugh Denham; Japanese military codes, Maurice Wiles; Japanese army air force codes at Bletchley Park and Delhi, Alan Stripp; recollections of "temps perdu" at Bletchley Park, Carmen Blacker. Appendix: how the Bletchley Park buildings took shape, Bob Watson.