The Emperor's Codes: Bletchley Park's Role in Breaking Japan's Secret Ciphers

by Michael Smith (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  Drawing on recently declassified British files, Australian secret official histories, this is the story of British and Australian codebreakers: remarkable individuals such as John Tiltman, an eccentric British soldier, and Eric Nave, an Australian sailor who pioneered the breakthroughs in Japanese naval codes.

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  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.25

  In the No. 1 bestseller Station X, Michael Smith brought us the riveting true story of how British experts broke Nazi Germany's wartime codes. In The Emperor's Codes he continues this fascinating story as he examines how Japan's codes were broken and the effect this had on the war in the Far East. The Emperor's Codes takes the reader into the lives and loves of the men and women battling to break the Emperor's codes. It shows how these intrepid code-breakers uncovered the secret Japanese preparations for the invasion of Malaya and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Using memories of those at the forefront of this battle, this is a fascinating and previously untold story.