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Pen & Sword / Leo Cooper (2000), Paperback
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Seldom out of the news for long, code-breaking has had a bad time in the media so far, readers and viewers often finding it as perplexing as it is intriguing. As one of the greatest achievements of the century, code- breaking is a fascinating story, but all too often misunderstood and felt to be obscure. The author covers the story from the early code-breaking efforts through the rickety structure of the pre-war Government Code and Cypher School to Bletchley Park where a large powerful organisation arose, unscrambling thousands of secret enemy messages every day. Detailing how these amazing di
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An interesting story, but a difficult read. Freedman attempts to explain, at a high level, the workings of the several types of enigma machines encountered by the Allies. This makes the book somewhat technical and difficult to stay with in places. How German mistakes added to the genius,
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organization and hard work at Bletchley Park helped the Allies win the war is one of the great WWII stories. Show Less
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190 p.; 9.52 inches
ISBN
0850527473 / 9780850527476