Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes: The Secrets of Bletchley Park

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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'An intriguing page-turning and personal account of that most secretive of wartime institutions, Bletchley Park, and of the often eccentric people who helped to win the war' - Beryl Bainbridge Bletchley Park, or 'Station X', was home to the most famous codebreakers of the Second World War. The 19th-century mansion was the key centre for cracking German, Italian and Japanese codes, providing the allies with vital information. After the war, many intercepts, traffic-slips and paperwork were burned (allegedly at Churchill's behest). The truth about Bletchley was not revealed until F. Winterbotham's The Ultra Secret was published in 1974. However, nothing until now has been written on the German Air Section. In Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes, former WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) Gwen Watkins brings to life the reality of this crucial division. In a highly informative, lyrical account, she details her eventful interview, eventual appointment at the 'the biggest lunatic asylum in Britain', methods for cracking codes, the day-to-day routine and decommissioning of her section.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-04-01
Mått:123 x 186 x 3 mm
Vikt:268 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Pen & Sword Books Ltd
ISBN:9781848326828

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GWEN WATKINS joined the WAAF in 1941, and the next year she was posted as a code-breaker to Bletchley Park, where she met and married the Welsh poet Vernon Watkins. She is the author of Dylan Thomas: Portrait of a Friend. LORD ASA BRIGGS is a renowned historian who also served at Bletchley Park and is the author of Secret Days and Special Relationships