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Station X:The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park

Station X:The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park

Station X:The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park


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Summary

The true story of the breaking of the Enigma code at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. This feat, breaking a code that the Germans believed to be unbreakable, was to play a major part in the winning of the war. Smith gives examples explaining how it worked and how it was deciphered enabling the layman to understanding the code itself.

Station X:The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park Summary

Station X is the story and first-hand account of the codebreakers who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II. In 1939, hundreds of people from all walks of life were ordered to report to a Victorian mansion in Buckinghamshire; what they did there, against seemingly impossible odds, is one of the most amazing stories to come out of the war. Their task was to break the ingenious Enigma cypher used for German high-level communications. The settings for the Enigma machine changed continually and each day the German operators had 159 million million million possibilities, creating a daunting job for the dedicated codebreakers working round the clock in a chaotic and isolated environment. Station X was an award-winning documentary series on Channel 4, and was used as the primary research for the film adaptation of Robert Harris's novel ENIGMA, a major release from BVI starring Kate Winslet and Dougray Scott.

About

Michael Smith is a senior reporter on the Daily Telegraph. He is also the author of New Cloak, Old Dagger: How Britain's Spies Came In From the Cold and co-author of Odd Man Out: The Story of the Singapore Traitor.

Additional information

GOR003728481
9780752261959
0752261959
Station X:The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park by
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
20011012
304
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