Enigma - The Battle for the Code (Hardcover)

It is now well known that the breaking of the German Enigma code played a crucial part in the outcome of World War II. Churchill called it "the secret weapon that won the war".;Breaking Enigma was not just about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park. Bletchley's codebreaking stars such as Alan Turing and Harry Hinsley certainly made an outstanding contribution, but is was a much wider group that was also involved: men such as Hans Thilo Schmidt, the German who gave the Allies their first clues on how to break Enigma, and Lieutenant-Commander Mark Thornton, who masterminded the capture of Enigma codebooks from a German U-boat - one of the many heroic but hitherto unknown British and American sailors without whose bravery Enigma would never have been broken.;To break Enigma, and particularly the all-important Naval Enigma code, the codebreakers had to rely on the daring exploits of secret agents and spies, naval officers and ordinary seamen who risked, and in some cses lost, their lives snatching the Enigma codebooks from under the noses of Nazi officials and from sinking German ships and submarines.;Using new material from British and American archives, and interviews with some of the last surviving witnesses to the Enigma saga, the author tells the story of how the Naval Enigma code was broken.

General

Imprint:	Orion Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2000
Authors:	Hugh Sebag Montefiore
Dimensions:	240 x 164mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	414
ISBN-13:	978-0-297-84251-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Espionage & secret services Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Defence strategy, planning & research > Military intelligence Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > General Books > History > British & Irish history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > General Promotions
LSN:	0-297-84251-X
Barcode:	9780297842514

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