Code wars : how 'ultra' and 'magic' led to Allied victory / John Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography.

World War, 1939-1945.

ULTRA (Intelligence system).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley [England] : Pen & Sword Military, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the top secret codebreaking activities at Bletchley Park were revealed in the 1970s, much of the history of the Second World War had to be rewritten. Code Wars examines the role of ULTRA (the intelligence derived from breaking secret enemy signals) on major events of the Second World War. It examines how it influenced the outcome of key battles such as D-Day, El Alamein, Crete, key naval battles, the controversy surrounding Churchill and Coventry, the shadowing of Hitler's V1 pilotless aircraft and the V2 rocket.The book also examines the pioneering work in breaking Enigma by the Polish c

Contents:

Foreword; Chapter 1: Secrets of the Polish Forest; Chapter 2: Death from the Depths; Chapter 3: Churchill and Coventry; Chapter 4: 'Pinches' at Sea; Chapter 5: Let Battle Commence; Chapter 6: Dead on Time; Chapter 7: Sheer Bloody Murder; Chapter 8: Outfoxing the Desert Fox; Chapter 9: To the Last Shell; Chapter 10: In Napoleon's Footsteps.; Chapter 11: An Incomparable Target; Chapter 12: Shark-Infested Waters; Chapter 13: Storming Fortress Europe; Chapter 14: The Terror Weapons; Chapter 15: Fishing for Tunny; Chapter 16: As If By Magic.; Chapter 17: Wars Have Ears; Bibliography; Endnotes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-208) and index.

ISBN:

9781299199088

1299199089

9781844683987

1844683982

OCLC:

797917220