| The Secrets of Station X: How the Bletchley Park Codebreakers Helped Win the War Contributor(s): Smith, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1849540950 ISBN-13: 9781849540957 Publisher: Biteback Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 940.548 |
| Series: Dialogue Espionage Classics |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.80 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When the British military commandeered Bletchley Park in 1939 no one would have guessed that by 1945 its inmates would have contributed decisively to the Allied war effort. A melting pot of Oxbridge dons and maverick oddballs worked night and day at Station X to decode the Enigma cypher used by the Germans for high-level communications. That they succeeded, changing the course of the war, is testament to an indomitable spirit that wrenched British intelligence into the modern age, as World War II segued into the Cold War. |