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Smith, Michael, 1952 May 1-
Subjects
Great Britain. Government Communications Headquarters -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Electronic intelligence -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British
Cryptographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Cryptography -- History.
Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) -- History.
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Smith, Michael, 1952 May 1-
Great Britain. Government Communications Headquarters -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Electronic intelligence -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British
Cryptographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Cryptography -- History.
Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) -- History.
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The
debs
of
Bletchley
Park
: and
other
stories
/ by Michael Smith.
by
Smith, Michael, 1952 May 1-
Aurum Press, 2015.
Call #:
940.548641 S655d
Subjects
Great Britain. Government Communications Headquarters -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Electronic intelligence -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British
Cryptographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Cryptography -- History.
Bletchley
Park
(Milton Keynes, England) -- History.
ISBN:
9781781313879 (hc.)
Description:
298 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-287) and index.
Contents:
1.The Biggest Lunatic Asylum in Britain -- 2.Breaking Enigma -- 3.Sink the Bismarck -- 4.The Wrens Arrive -- 5.Let's Call the Whole Thing Off -- 6.Turing and the U-boats -- 7.Dilly's Girls -- 8.The World's First Electronic Computer -- 9.The JappyWaaf -- 10.An Extraordinary Army of People.
Summary:
"For Winston Churchill the men and women at
Bletchley
Park
were 'the geese that laid the golden eggs', providing important intelligence that led to the Allied victory in the Second World War. At the peak of
Bletchley
's success, a total of twelve thousand people worked there of whom more than eight thousand were women. These included a former ballerina who helped to crack the Enigma Code; a debutante working for the Admiralty with a direct line to Churchill; the convent girl who operated the Bombes, the top secret machines that tested Enigma settings; and the German literature student whose codebreaking saved countless lives at D-Day. All these women were essential cogs in a very large machine, yet their
stories
have been kept secret. In The
Debs
of
Bletchley
Park
and
Other
Stories
author Michael Smith, trustee of
Bletchley
Park
and chair of the Trust's Historical Advisory Committee, tells their tale. Through interviews with the women themselves and unique access to the
Bletchley
Park
archives, Smith reveals how they came to be there, the lives they gave up to do 'their bit' for the war effort, and the part they played in the vital work of 'Station X'. They are an incredible set of women, and this is their story"--Provided by publisher.
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