The Secrets of Station X: How the Bletchley Park Codebreakers Helped Win the War

by Smith, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781849540957
• ISBN10: 1849540950
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-20
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

The astonishing story of how the British codebreakers of Bletchley Park cracked the Nazi Enigma cyphers, cutting an estimated two years off the Second World War, never ceases to amaze. No one is better placed to tell that story than Michael Smith, whose number one bestseller Station X was one of the earliest accounts.

Author Biography

Michael Smith is the author of a number of books, including: SIX: A History of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service; Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews, and The Emperor's Codes.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Captain Ridley's Shooting Party	p. 1
Confidential Work for the Foreign Office	p. 17
Early Beginnings: Very Small Beer- Full of Foreign Bodies	p. 41
The Fall of France and the Battle of Britain	p. 59
Breaking Naval Enigma	p. 90
A Crime "Without a Name	p. 115
Action This Day	p. 136
The Shark Blackout	p. 162
The Battle for North Africa	p. 190
The Birth of the Modern Computer	p. 217
The Invasion of Europe	p. 250
An Extraordinary Group of People	p. 279
Endnotes	p. 296
Index	p. 320
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