The secret listeners : the men and women posted across the world to intercept the German codes for Bletchley Park /
'The Secret Listeners' tells the story of the usually very young men and women who were sent to farflung outposts to locate and monitor endless streams of radio traffic around the clock and transcribe its Morse code at a speed few have ever managed since. Without them, the Allies would hav...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Aurum History,
2013, ©2012.
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| Summary: | 'The Secret Listeners' tells the story of the usually very young men and women who were sent to farflung outposts to locate and monitor endless streams of radio traffic around the clock and transcribe its Morse code at a speed few have ever managed since. Without them, the Allies would have learnt nothing of the enemy's military intentions. "The men and women of the 'Y' (for Wireless;) Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military's encrypted messages for decoding back at the now-famous Bletchley Park mansion. Such wartime postings were life-changing adventures -- travel out by flying boat or Indian railways, snakes in filing cabinets and heat so intense the perspiration ran into your shoes -- but many of the secret listeners found lifelong romance in their far-flung corner of the world. Now, drawing on dozens of interviews with surviving veterans, Sinclair McKay tells their remarkable story at last." -- Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Ragan Military copy [A1485349196H] is donated by James M. Olson. |
| Physical Description: | 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-340) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781781310793 1781310793 |