by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (Author)
Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park. There is another aspect of the story which it is only now possible to tell. It takes in the exploits of spies, naval officers and ordinary British seamen who risked, and in some cases lost their lives snatching the vital Enigma codebooks from under the noses of Nazi officials and from sinking German ships and submarines. This book will tell the whole Enigma story: the original invention and use by German forces and how it was the Poles who first cracked - and passed on to the British - the key to the German airforce Enigma. The more complicated German Navy Enigma appeared to them to be unbreakable.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: New
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 15 Feb 2001
ISBN 10: 0753811308
ISBN 13: 9780753811306
Book Overview: Has the essential ingredients for a spellbinding war story: larger-than-life characters, nail-biting cliffhangers, murky, backroom in fighting and breathtaking under-water drama Hardback edition has already been reprinted Blanket review and feature coverage on hardback publication New revelations based on hitherto secret files The recent major movie, U-571, was based on the Enigma story The film of Robert Harris's novel, Enigma, is currently shooting - starring Kate Winslet and Dougray Scott 'Cracking stuff' Sunday Times 'Unquestionably deepens and enriches our understanding of the Bletchley story...Sebag-Montefiore demonstrates superbly that the seizure of the Enigma codebooks was among the crucial episodes in Britain's prosecution of the war' Observer