The Debs of Bletchley Park

The Debs of Bletchley Park

Quarto Publishing PLC

The Debs of Bletchley ParkAuthor(s): Michael Smith\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Quarto Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Aurum\nISBN-13: 9781781313886, 978-1781313886\nSynopsis\nFor Winston Churchill the men and women at Bletchley Park were the geese the laid the golden eggs , providing important intelligence that led to the Allied victory in the Second World War.\n\nAt the peak of Bletchley s success, a total of twelve thousand people worked there of whom more than eight thousand were women. These included a former ballerina who helped to crack the Enigma Code; a debutante working for the Admiralty with a direct line to Churchill; the convent girl who operated the Bombes, the top secret machines that tested Enigma settings; and the German literature student whose codebreaking saved countless lives at D-Day.\n\nAll these women were essential cogs in a very large machine, yet their stories have been kept secret.\n\nIn The Debs of Bletchley Park author Michael Smith, trustee .

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