Bibliograph

The secret lives of codebreakers, the men and women who cracked the Enigma code at Bletchley Park, Sinclair McKay

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The secret lives of codebreakers, the men and women who cracked the Enigma code at Bletchley Park, Sinclair McKay

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-329) and indexIncludes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The secret lives of codebreakers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

785077598

Responsibility statement

Sinclair McKay

Sub title

the men and women who cracked the Enigma code at Bletchley Park

Summary

A remarkable look at the day-to-day life of the codebreakers whose clandestine efforts helped win World War II

Table Of Contents

Reporting for duty -- 1938-39: The school of codes -- 1939: Rounding up the brightest and the best -- The house and the surrounding country -- 1939: How do you break the unbreakable? -- 1939-40: The Enigma initiation -- Freezing billets and outdoor loos -- 1940: the first glimmers of light -- 1940: inspiration and intensity -- 1940: The coming of the bombes -- 1940: Enigma and the Blitz -- Bletchley and the class question -- 1941: The Battle of the Atlantic -- Food, booze and too much tea -- 1941: The wrens and their larks -- 1941: Bletchley and Churchill -- Military or civilian? -- 1942: Grave setbacks and internal strife -- The rules of attraction -- 1943: A very special relationship -- 1943: The hazards of careless talk -- Bletchley and the Russians -- The cultural life of Bletchley Park -- 1943-44: The rise of the colossus -- 1944-45: D-Day and the end of the war -- 1945 and after: The immediate aftermath -- Bletchley's intellectual legacy -- After Bletchley : the silence descends -- The rescue of the Park

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