Enigma - Battle For The Code

Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

ISBN 10: 076079118X ISBN 13: 9780760791189

Publisher: Barnes & Noble, 2007

Synopsis

Winston Churchill called the cracking of the German Enigma code “the secret weapon that won the war.” Now, for the first time, noted British journalist Hugh Sebag-Montefiore reveals the complete story of the breaking of the code by the Allies—a breakthrough that played a crucial role in the outcome of World War II. This fascinating account relates the never-before-told, hair-raising stories of the heroic British and American sailors, spies, and secret agents who faced death in order to capture vital codebooks from sinking ships and snatch them from under the noses of Nazi officials. The author also relates new details about the genesis of the code, little-known facts about how the Poles first cracked the Luftwaffe’s version of the code (and then passed it along to the British), and the feverish activities at Bletchley Park, where the day-to-day grind to decode Enigma went on. Based in part on documents from British and American archives that have only recently been unearthed or made available, and in part on unforgettable firsthand accounts of surviving witnesses, Enigma tells the stunning truth about the brilliant piece of decryption that changed history.Hugh Sebag-Montefiore is an attorney and journalist who has written for numerous British newspapers. His family owned Bletchley Park before it was sold to the British government in 1937. He is the author of Fight to the Last Man.

Edition details

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076079118X
• ISBN 13: 9780760791189
• Binding: Unknown Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 422