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Voices of the Codebreakers - Personal accounts of the secret heroes of World War II (Paperback)
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Voices of the Codebreakers - Personal accounts of the secret heroes of World War II (Paperback)
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Alongside the open conflict of World War II there were other,
hidden wars - the wars of communication, in which success depended
on a flow of concealed and closely-guarded information. Smuggled
written messages, secretly transmitted wireless signals, or months
of eavesdropping on radio traffic meant operatives could discover
in advance what the enemy intended to do. This information was
passed on to those who commanded the armies, the fleets and the
bomber formations, as well as to the other secret agents throughout
the world who were desperately trying to infiltrate enemy lines.
Vital information that turned the tide of battle in North African
desert and on the Pacific Ocean proved to have been obtained by the
time-consuming and unglamorous work of cryptanalysts who deciphered
the enemy's coded messages, and coded those for the Allies. From
the stuffy huts of Bletchley Park to the battles in the
Mediterranean, the French and Dutch Resistance movements and the
unkempt radio operatives in Burma, the rarely-seen, outstanding
stories collected here reveal the true extent of the 'secret war'.
The ongoing need for secrecy for decades after the war meant that
the outstanding achievements of wartime cryptanalysts could not be
properly recognised. With vivid first-hand accounts and
illuminating historical research, VOICES OF THE CODEBREAKERS
reveals and finally celebrates the extraordinary accomplishments of
these ordinary men and women.
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