The secret listeners the men and women posted across the world to intercept the German codes for Bletchley Park McKay, Sinclair. creator text bibliography Personal narratives-British enk London Aurum History 2013, ©2012 2013 monographic eng print 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm '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. Tuning in to the enemy -- Reporting for special duties -- The human computors -- The listeners at large -- The blitz and the ghost voices -- Heat, sand and ashes -- A world wide web of intelligence -- Feuds, farce and panic -- Wilder shores and secret missions -- This is no holiday camp -- Storms in the desert -- Rommel and the art of dirty tricks -- Not so quiet on the domestic front -- Life-long friendships were forged -- By the sleepy lagoon -- Foreboding and frustration -- Witnesses to different worlds -- D-day and after -- The end and the beginning -- The legacy of the listeners -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index. Sinclair McKay. The Cushing Library/Ragan Military copy [A1485349196H] is donated by James M. Olson. Originally published: 2012. Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-340) and index. e-uk--- World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Great Britain World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography Great Britain. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Service secret Grande-Bretagne Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Récits personnels britanniques Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Cryptographie Warfare and Defence Cryptography Secret service Great Britain Warfare and Defence World War (1939-1945) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1939-1945 fast D810.C88 M394 2013 940.5486 9781781310793 1781310793 UKDEL 120601 20260827213514.5 in00005792290 eng