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Lorenz: Breaking Hitler’s Top Secret Code at Bletchley Park

Lorenz: Breaking Hitler’s Top Secret Code at Bletchley Park

by Jerry Roberts (Author), Paddy O'Connell (Foreword)

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Synopsis

The breaking of the Enigma machine is one of the most heroic stories of the Second World War and highlights the crucial work of the codebreakers of Bletchley Park, which prevented Britain's certain defeat in 1941. But there was another German cipher machine, used by Hitler himself to convey messages to his top generals in the field. A machine more complex and secure than Enigma. A machine that could never be broken. For sixty years, no one knew about Lorenz or `Tunny', or the determined group of men who finally broke the code and thus changed the course of the war. Many of them went to their deaths without anyone knowing of their achievements. Here, for the first time, senior codebreaker Captain Jerry Roberts tells the complete story of this extraordinary feat of intellect and of his struggle to get his wartime colleagues the recognition they deserve. The work carried out at Bletchley Park during the war to partially automate the process of breaking Lorenz, which had previously been done entirely by hand, was groundbreaking and is recognised as having kick-started the modern computer age.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 240
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: The History Press
Published: 13 Mar 2017
ISBN 10: 0750978856
ISBN 13: 9780750978859

Media Reviews
For sixty years no one knew what Lorenz or 'Tunny' was, or who the men were who broke the code and changed the course of war. Captain Jerry Roberts, a humble man and senior codebreaker at Bletchley during WWII, awarded the MBE in 2013, and his team deciphered Hitler's most secret messages, providing vital information for the operations both before and after D-Day. Their achievement was groundbreaking, unimaginable. Everyone made their contribution, whether big or small, in the breaking of Lorenz, and England counted itself lucky to have such brilliant people in the right place at the right time. Many went to their death not knowing what part they played in winning the war. Lorenz is part of British history and a fascinating read. -- Kerin Freeman, author of 'The Civilian Bomb Disposing Earl'
Author Bio
Jerry Roberts, MBE was the last surviving Bletchley Park codebreaker until his death in 2014. A talented linguist and recruited as a German speaker, he worked at Bletchley Park on the Lorenz machine for four years and was part of a small but dedicated team of codebreakers that included Tommy Flowers and Bill Tuttle.