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Code Wars: How 'Ultra' and 'Magic' Led to Allied Victory

Code Wars: How 'Ultra' and 'Magic' Led to Allied Victory

Code Wars: How 'Ultra' and 'Magic' Led to Allied Victory
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Code Wars: How 'Ultra' and 'Magic' Led to Allied Victory Paperback - 2020

by Jackson, John

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Pen & Sword Military, 2020. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Code Wars: How 'Ultra' and 'Magic' Led to Allied Victory
  • Author Jackson, John
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pen & Sword Military
  • Publication date 2020
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G1526774917I4N00
  • ISBN 9781526774910 / 1526774917
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Military
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: Modern
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.548
  • Quantity available 1

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The book examines the pioneering work by codebreakers which was to shorten the war.

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 Hitlers V1 pilotless aircraft and the V2 rocket.

The book also examines the pioneering work in breaking Enigma by the Polish cryptographers, and the building of Colossus, the worlds first digital, programmable computer, which helped unravel the secret orders of Hitler and the German High Command. It also tells the story of the American successes in breaking Japanese signals, known as Magic.

It also stresses the vital role of the intercept stations which took down the enemy messages, providing the raw material for the cryptographers to break.

The book shows how the codebreakers were able to shorten the war by as much as two years and bring Signals Intelligence, in the post-war years, into a new era of military intelligence gathering.

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