WWII Codebreaking People & Places

By Ronald Koorm

If you're looking for a comprehensive, concise, readable glossary that reflects the invaluable yet (until recently) secret work of the codebreakers at Bletchley Park, across the UK and around the world, you've stumbled across a real page-turner.
has been compiled to reflect the work of all those involved in the codebreaking process spearheaded at Bletchley Park but intertwined with so many other sites across the UK and abroad.
WWII Codebreaking: People & Places brings to life the stories of the inventors, engineers, politicians, admirals and generals as well as the tales of those who played a more supporting role.
It's the result of painstaking research by Koorm, a retired chartered surveyor and leading authority on military intelligence. He unearths and chronicles the contributions of many, including spies and of amateur radio operators.
Bletchley Park is the fulcrum of codebreaking. But the book also delves into the work elsewhere, including at a factory in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, manufacturing ladies undergarments and abroad, in Poland, the USA and Germany itself.
Intelligence gathering, analysis and codebreaking was not merely the work of a gifted few. Thousands were involved at every level in the quest for the information to keep Britain and the Allies safe.
This book delivers a fascinating tour of those people and places that made such a significant difference during the war. Theirs is the work from which came the development of modern technology and computers. This book takes us back to the era in which it all began.


Size: 240x 160mm, 228 pages, ISBN: 9781 3990 5349 5