Very Special Intelligence: The Story of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre, 1939-1945

by Patrick Beesly

Hardcover, 1978

Status

Available

Call number

355.3 Bee

Call number

355.3 Bee

Barcode

6559

Tags

Great Britain, WWII, Operational Intelligence Center

Genres

Collection

Dewey

Publication

Doubleday (1978), Edition: 1st, 282 pages

Description

The best book about British naval intelligence in World War II, including how the Enigma machine was used to crack the German secret codes.

Subjects

Great Britain. Admiralty. Operational Intelligence Centre
Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division. Operational Intelligence Centre
World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography
World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, British
World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Great Britain

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LibraryThing member SkjaldOfBorea
How Britain pioneered so-called all source fusion: uniting & mapping intelligence from decryption, signals, agents, local resistance, in a single “war room” frame - to win the naval struggle of WWII.
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LibraryThing member DinadansFriend
I believe this was the first Book on Ultra and Enigma in the naval war, 1939 - 45. The prose isn't lively, and overall, one engages with this book looking for chronology and techniques. Useful but not fun.

Rating

(7 ratings; 3.4)

Pages

282

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