The British codebreakers at Bletchley Park are now believed to have shortened the duration of the Second World War by up to two years. During the dark days of 1941, as Britain stood almost alone against the the Nazis, this remarkable achievement seemed impossible. This extraordinary book, originally published as Action This Day, includes descriptions by some of Britain s foremost historians of the work of Bletchley Park, from the breaking ofEnigma and other wartime codes to the invention of modern computing, and its influence on Cold War codebreaking. Crucially, it features personal reminiscences and very human stories of wartime codebreaking from former Bletchley Park codebreakers themselves. This edition includes new material from one of those who was there, making The Bletchley Park Codebreakers compulsive reading.
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Absolutely the best book ever written about codebreaking at Bletchley Park --Louis Kruh, Editor, Cryptologia
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By Arturo
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This book is a re-issue of Action This Day, published in 2001 under a new title and with an extra chapter. The original version is now seen, rightly, as one of the best books about the work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers, with important contributions from some of the leading academics writing about it as well as contributions from some the codebreakers themselves. The only difference I can see between the re-issue and the original is a chapter about work on the Japanese Naval Code JN-25 (there may be some other updating but nothing major that I could see). So if you own the original book then perhaps it is not really worth spending the money just for this chapter (although it is interesting in its own right). If on the other hand you do not have the original then certainly buy this as one of the best all round books on Bletchley Park - on that basis I rate it as five star.
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The Bletchey Park Codebreakers is a very interesting but quite detailed read. The book covers all aspects of Pre, During and Post WWII British Espionage , starting in 1917 and leading into the Cold War. The book is quite detailed when explaining about Bombes, Ciphers, Cribs etc, so some prior knowledge on this would be helpful. Due to the secretcy of the Espionage it has taken 60 plus years for some of the details to be released in to the public domain so through this book we are now able to acknowledge the people and some by name who were instrumental in defeating the Axis powers and shortening WWII.
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I am very interested in WWII since I was born in 1940 and remember my stepfather was a tail gunner in the AF.
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I just admire how much effort the code breakers put into breaking the German codes. It meant so much to the allied war effort.
It is really hard to make this generation of young people to appreciate all that we are free in the world today because of the efforts of these people. Looking at the pictures of the enigma, it is amazing that it worked.
It is really hard to make this generation of young people to appreciate all that we are free in the world today because of the efforts of these people. Looking at the pictures of the enigma, it is amazing that it worked.
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