LEADER 00000nam 22003971i 4500 001 frd00033727 003 CtWfDGI 005 20200307135553.0 006 m o d 007 cr un ---anuuu 008 200307t20182018xx o 000 0 eng d 020 9781784383145|q(epub) 024 3 9781784383145 040 CtWfDGI|beng|erda|cCtWfDGI 043 e-uk--- 050 4 D810.S7 082 04 940.56864/1|223 100 1 Paterson, Michael,|eauthor. 245 10 Voices of the Codebreakers :|bPersonal Accounts of the Secret Heroes of World War II /|cMichael Paterson. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bGreenhill Books, |c[2018] 264 4 |c©2018 300 1 online resource (304 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rdaft 347 |bEPUB 506 Access limited to subscribing institutions. 520 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. 588 0 Publisher metadata. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xSecret service|zGreat Britain. 650 7 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage.|2bisacsh 655 0 Electronic books. 914 frd00033727
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