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The first oral history of one of the most fascinating aspects of the war effort.
Full description
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 its 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.
Trade review
Bletchley Park was where one of the war's most famous - and crucial - achievements was made: the cracking of Germany's 'Enigma' code. This is the first book for the general reader on life at Bletchley Park, and an amazing compendium of memories from people, now in their eighties, who lived in an odd, secret territory between the civilian and the military. 'A remarkable faithful account of what we did, why it mattered, and how it felt at the time' "Guardian" *Also appeared in May's Buyer's Notes*
