Station X by Smith, Michael - 1998: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park

London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd, 1998. Very Good +/very good +. Station X tells the true story, as it has never been told before, of the amazing achievements of the codebreakers working at Bletchley Park in the Second World War. In 1939 several hundred people - students, professors, international chess players, junior military offices, actresses and debutantes - reported to a Victorian mansion in Buckinghamshire: Bletchley Park. This was to be 'Station X', the Allies' top-secret centre for deciphering codes. Their task was to break theingenious Enigma cypher used for German high-level communications. Against all the odds, this gifted group achieved the impossible. This is also the story of the people involved from leading codebreakers - such as Alan Turing, father of the modern computer - to the female operators who intercepted the messages. Through interviews with surviving members of Bletchley Park, Michael Smith has discovered what life was like there. Not only did these people shorten the war by several years, they were essential to victory. Station X was also the birthplace of the world's first programmable computer and the successful Anglo-American intelligence partnership. This book accompanies the Channel 4 series. black boards with writing to spine. dj not price clipped. minor shelfwear. First Edition AB70