
Lorenz
Breaking Hitler's Top Secret Code at Bletchley Park
Jerry Roberts(Autor*in)
The History Press Ltd
Erschienen am 3. September 2018
Buch
Softcover
304 Seiten
978-0-7509-8770-7 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
The breaking of the Enigma machine is one of the most heroic stories of the Second World War. But there was another German cipher machine, used by Hitler himself to convey messages to his top generals in the field. A machine more complex and secure than Enigma. A machine that could never be broken. For sixty years, no one knew about about Lorenz or 'Tunny', or the determined group of men who finally broke the code and thus changed the course of the war. Many of them went to their deaths without anyone knowing of their achievements. Here, for the first time, codebreaker. Captain Jerry Roberts tells the complete story of this extraordinary feat of intellect and of his struggle to get his wartime colleagues the recognition they deserve. The work they carried out at Bletchley Park was groundbreaking and is recognised as having kick-started the modern computer age.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'For sixty years no one knew what Lorenz or "Tunny" was, or who the men were who broke the code and changed the course of war. Captain Jerry Roberts, a humble man and senior codebreaker at Bletchley during WWII, awarded the MBE in 2013, and his team deciphered Hitler's most secret messages, providing vital information for the operations both before and after D-Day. Their achievement was groundbreaking, unimaginable. Everyone made their contribution, whether big or small, in the breaking of Lorenz, and England counted itself lucky to have such brilliant people in the right place at the right time. Many went to their death not knowing what part they played in winning the war. Lorenz is part of British history and a fascinating read.' -- Kerin Freeman, author of <i>The Civilian Bomb Disposing Earl</i>Weitere Details
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Stroud
Großbritannien
Editions-Typ
Neue Ausgabe
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Broschur/Paperback
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Illustrationen
32 Illustrations, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 130 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
Gewicht
324 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-8770-7 (9780750987707)
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JERRY ROBERTS MBE was the last surviving Bletchley Park codebreaker until his death in 2014. A talented linguist and recruited as a German speaker, he worked at Bletchley Park on the Lorenz machine for four years and was part of a small but dedicated team of codebreakers that included Tommy Flowers and Bill Tutte.