Enigma traitors : the struggle to lose the cipher war
Turing, Dermot2023
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Place reservation for Enigma traitors : the struggle to lose the cipher warEveryone knows the story of Enigma and secret codebreaking in the Second World War: the triumph of Bletchley Park over world-class cipher technology. Except that excellence in codebreaking was nearly betrayed by incompetence in codemaking. German codebreakers were effective and Allied codes and ciphers were weak. With both sides reading each other's codes, the biggest secret of all - that the codes had been broken - was now at risk. Sooner or later, on one side or the other, the cipher failures would become known, the systems would be changed and the most valuable source of intelligence would dry up. Were it not for obstinacy, over-confidence and ostracism. On both sides. The Germans demanded that the traitors be rooted out; the British stifled cipher questions beneath a tangle of committees. The codebreakers' contest became a struggle to lose the cipher war.
Main title:
Enigma traitors : the struggle to lose the cipher war / Dermot Turing.
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Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2023.Cheltenham : The History Press, 2023.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781803991696 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.548641
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Electronic intellegence -- Great BritainWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Electronic intellegence -- GermanyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- CryptographyEnigma cipher systemWarfare and DefenceUnited Kingdom, Great BritainGermanyBiography: historical, political & militaryBiography: science, technology & medicineEuropean history
BRN:
2870639
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