Enigma The Battle for the Code
“Enigma: The Battle for the Code” by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore, published by Phoenix in 2001, offers a detailed exploration of the efforts to break the German Enigma codes during World War II. This New Edition spans 491 pages and is presented in English. The book delves into the contributions of not only mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park but also the daring actions of spies, naval officers, and ordinary British seamen who undertook significant risks to obtain crucial Enigma codebooks from Nazi officials and German vessels.
Readers will find a comprehensive account of the Enigma story, including its original invention and usage by German forces. The narrative highlights the pivotal role played by Polish cryptographers who first cracked the German airforce Enigma, as well as the challenges posed by the more complex German Navy Enigma, which seemed nearly impossible to decipher. This edition provides an in-depth look at the intersection of military history and intelligence, shedding light on the lesser-known aspects of this critical wartime endeavor.
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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.
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