UID:
edocfu_9961047174902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxx, 295 pages) :
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
0-300-24480-0
Inhalt:
The untold story of Bletchley Park's key role in the success of the Normandy campaign Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become one of the most famous stories of the Second World War. But cracking the Nazis' codes was only the start of the process. Thousands of secret intelligence workers were then involved in making crucial information available to the Allied leaders and commanders who desperately needed it. Using previously classified documents, David Kenyon casts the work of Bletchley Park in a new light, as not just a codebreaking establishment, but as a fully developed intelligence agency. He shows how preparations for the war's turning point-the Normandy Landings in 1944-had started at Bletchley years earlier, in 1942, with the careful collation of information extracted from enemy signals traffic. This account reveals the true character of Bletchley's vital contribution to success in Normandy, and ultimately, Allied victory.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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FOREWORD by ROBERT HANNIGAN --
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ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS --
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ABBREVIATIONS, CODENAMES AND TECHNICAL TERMS --
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A NOTE ON MILITARY UNITS AND RANKS --
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INTRODUCTION. OVERTURE TO OVERLORD --
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PART I. BLETCHLEY PARK IN 1944 --
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CHAPTER ONE. THE INTELLIGENCE FACTORY --
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CHAPTER TWO. INCOMING INTERCEPTS AND CODEBREAKING --
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CHAPTER THREE. OUTGOING INTELLIGENCE --
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PART II. PREPARATIONS FOR INVASION --
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CHAPTER FOUR. INVASION PLANNING IN 1943 --
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CHAPTER FIVE. INVASION PLANNING IN 1944 --
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CHAPTER SIX. UNDERSTANDING GERMAN EXPECTATIONS --
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PART III. INVASION AND AFTER --
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CHAPTER SEVEN. GETTING ASHORE --
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CHAPTER EIGHT. STAYING ASHORE --
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CHAPTER NINE. THE IMPORTANCE OF BLETCHLEY PARK TO OVERLORD --
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A NOTE ON SOURCES AND FURTHER READING --
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ENDNOTES --
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
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INDEX
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In English.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-300-24357-X
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
DOI:
10.12987/9780300244809
