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Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes
Gwen Watkins
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Description for Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes
Paperback. A compelling first-hand account of Britain's battle to crack the German codes Clearly demonstrates the methods used for cracking codes The first memoir detailing life at Bletchley Park's German Air Section Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pages of plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 190 x 3. Weight in Grams: 266.
'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 ... Read more
'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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848326828
SKU
V9781848326828
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About Gwen Watkins
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 ... Read more
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