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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Smith, Michael, 1952 May 1-       by title:      The debs of Bletchle...       by call number:      940.548641 S655d     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 940.548641 S655d Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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