Bletchley Park and D-Day / David Kenyon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kenyon, David, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government Code and Cypher School (Great Britain)--History.

Government Code and Cypher School (Great Britain).

World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Electronic intelligence--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.

Operation Overlord.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.

Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England)--History.

Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 295 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The untold story of Bletchley Park's key role in the success of the Normandy campaign Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become one of the most famous stories of the Second World War. But cracking the Nazis' codes was only the start of the process. Thousands of secret intelligence workers were then involved in making crucial information available to the Allied leaders and commanders who desperately needed it. Using previously classified documents, David Kenyon casts the work of Bletchley Park in a new light, as not just a codebreaking establishment, but as a fully developed intelligence agency. He shows how preparations for the war's turning point-the Normandy Landings in 1944-had started at Bletchley years earlier, in 1942, with the careful collation of information extracted from enemy signals traffic. This account reveals the true character of Bletchley's vital contribution to success in Normandy, and ultimately, Allied victory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD by ROBERT HANNIGAN

ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

ABBREVIATIONS, CODENAMES AND TECHNICAL TERMS

A NOTE ON MILITARY UNITS AND RANKS

INTRODUCTION. OVERTURE TO OVERLORD

PART I. BLETCHLEY PARK IN 1944

CHAPTER ONE. THE INTELLIGENCE FACTORY

CHAPTER TWO. INCOMING INTERCEPTS AND CODEBREAKING

CHAPTER THREE. OUTGOING INTELLIGENCE

PART II. PREPARATIONS FOR INVASION

CHAPTER FOUR. INVASION PLANNING IN 1943

CHAPTER FIVE. INVASION PLANNING IN 1944

CHAPTER SIX. UNDERSTANDING GERMAN EXPECTATIONS

PART III. INVASION AND AFTER

CHAPTER SEVEN. GETTING ASHORE

CHAPTER EIGHT. STAYING ASHORE

CHAPTER NINE. THE IMPORTANCE OF BLETCHLEY PARK TO OVERLORD

A NOTE ON SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

ENDNOTES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-300-24480-0

OCLC:

1129179570