The real Enigma heroes
Shanahan, Phil200801UU
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The capture of the Enigma codes helped shorten the Second World War by at least a year. Without the quick actions of three men from HMS Petard, who clambered aboard a sinking German U-boat, the codes might never have been broken. This book tells the story of the three men who saved countless Allied lives and shortened the war by a year. 'Without these three men it might never have been possible to have D-Day in June 1944. It's hard to think of three individual servicemen who did more to hasten the Allied victory' - Robert Harris, author of "Enigma". 'They played a pivotal part in bringing the Battle of the Atlantic to an earlier close' - Prince Andrew. 'A contribution to the winning of the war that few could match' - Tony Blair. The capture of the Enigma codes helped shorten the Second World War by at least a year. Churchill took a special interest in the information that came out of Bletchley Park's Station X and he guarded his contact well so that the Germans would never find out the source.Without the quick actions of three men from HMS Petard, who clambered aboard a sinking German U-boat, the codes might never have been broken. On the night of 30 October 1942, First Lieutenant Tony Fasson, accompanied by Able Seaman Colin Grazier and Tommy Brown, climbed aboard U-559. Passing codebooks up through the hatch, Fasson and Grazier were caught aboard the sub as she suddenly sank. Brown was saved, along with the code books, and the rest, they say, is history...It wasn't until 1969 that the men were mentioned for their work in rescuing the Enigma codes, and even then it was in the comic "The Hornet". Phil Shanahan tells the extraordinary story of the three men who saved countless Allied lives and shortened the war by a year, as well as the efforts to recognise their bravery.
Main title:
The real Enigma heroes / Shanahan, Phil.
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Imprint:
Stroud : Tempus Publishing Ltd : [distributor] The History Press Ltd : [distributor] Woodslane Pty Ltd : [distributor] Woodslane Pty Ltd : [distributor] Independent Publishers Group, 2008.
Collation:
224 p. : 100 ill. ; 25x17 cm.
Notes:
Hardback.
Biography/History:
Phil Shanahan is Deputy Editor of the Tamworth Herald. He lives in Staffordshire.
ISBN:
9780752444727 (hbk)0752444727 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5486410922
Language:
English
Subject:
Enigma cipher system -- HistoryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- HistoryEuropean history: Second World War -- Second World War, 1939-1945Military history -- Second World War, 1939-1945Battles & campaigns -- Second World War, 1939-1945World history: Second World War -- Second World War, 1939-1945Military intelligence -- Second World War, 1939-1945
BRN:
4669
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