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Bletchley Park: Code-Breaking (Shire Library)
Michael Smith
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Description for Bletchley Park: Code-Breaking (Shire Library)
Paperback. Bletchley Park, known to those who worked there as Station X, was the scene of one of the greatest Allied triumphs of the Second World War. This book contains photographs showing them at work and play. It explains how their work influenced the battle against Nazi Germany and its Italian and Japanese allies. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, 70 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
Bletchley Park, known to those who worked there as Station X, was the scene of one of the greatest Allied triumphs of the Second World War. The breaking of the Nazi Enigma cyphers by Britain's wartime code-breakers continues to fascinate, with well over 100,000 people visiting the scene of their successes every year. Bletchley Park provided the intelligence that ensured Allied victories in the Battle of Atlantic, the war in North Africa and, most crucially, the D-Day invasion of Europe, and it was also the birthplace of the modern computer. The code-breakers were led by men like Dilly Knox and ... Read more
Bletchley Park, known to those who worked there as Station X, was the scene of one of the greatest Allied triumphs of the Second World War. The breaking of the Nazi Enigma cyphers by Britain's wartime code-breakers continues to fascinate, with well over 100,000 people visiting the scene of their successes every year. Bletchley Park provided the intelligence that ensured Allied victories in the Battle of Atlantic, the war in North Africa and, most crucially, the D-Day invasion of Europe, and it was also the birthplace of the modern computer. The code-breakers were led by men like Dilly Knox and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
Series
Shire Library
Number of Pages
56
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747812159
SKU
V9780747812159
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About Michael Smith
Michael Smith is the author of the bestseller 'Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park' (Channel Four, 1998) and a number of other books on the work of Britain's wartime codebreakers, including 'The Emperor's Codes: Bletchley Park and the Breaking of Japan's Secret Ciphers' and 'The Bletchley Park Codebreakers', which he co-edited with Ralph Erskine. He has worked as a ... Read more
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