The secret life of Bletchley Park : the WWII codebreaking centre and the men and women who worked there / Sinclair McKay.
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TextPublication details: Rearsby, Leicester : W.F. Howes, 2011, c2010Edition: Large print edDescription: 470 p. (large print) ; 24 cmISBN: 9781407474229Subject(s): Great Britain. Government Code and Cypher School -- History | World War, 1939-1945 -- Electronic intelligence -- Great Britain | Cryptography -- Great Britain -- History | Large type books | Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) -- HistoryDDC classification: 940.548641 Summary: The WWII codebreaking centre and the men and women who worked there. Bletchley Park was where one of the war's most famous - and crucial - achievements was made: the cracking of Germany's "Enigma" code in which it's most important military communications were couched. This country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside was home to Britain's most brilliant mathematical brains, like Alan Turing, and the scene of immense advances in technology - indeed, the birth of modern computing. The military codes deciphered there were instrumental in turning both the Battle of the Atlantic and the war in North Africa. Sinclair McKay's book is an amazing compendium of memories from people now in their eighties - of skating on the frozen lake in the grounds, of the high jinks at nearby accommodation hostels and of the implacable secrecy that meant girlfriend and boyfriend working in adjacent huts knew nothing about each other's work.Summary: military history.Summary: Large Print.
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First published in the U.K. by Aurum Press: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-470)
The WWII codebreaking centre and the men and women who worked there. Bletchley Park was where one of the war's most famous - and crucial - achievements was made: the cracking of Germany's "Enigma" code in which it's most important military communications were couched. This country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside was home to Britain's most brilliant mathematical brains, like Alan Turing, and the scene of immense advances in technology - indeed, the birth of modern computing. The military codes deciphered there were instrumental in turning both the Battle of the Atlantic and the war in North Africa. Sinclair McKay's book is an amazing compendium of memories from people now in their eighties - of skating on the frozen lake in the grounds, of the high jinks at nearby accommodation hostels and of the implacable secrecy that meant girlfriend and boyfriend working in adjacent huts knew nothing about each other's work.
military history.
Large Print.
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