Stephen Harper

Broschiertes Buch

Capturing Enigma

How HMS Petard Seized the German Naval Codes

Beschreibung

Here is the true story of how HMS Petard attacked and captured U-559 in the darkness of a Mediterranean night. It describes how members of her crew swam across to the slowly sinking U-boat and captured vital German Enigma codebooks.

Autor

Stephen Harper served in the Royal Navy during World War II as a coder on HMS Petard on her second commission, from 1945 to 1946. After the war he followed a career as a journalist and was Foreign Correspondent for the Daily Express for more than 20 years, and later Chief Foreign Correspondent. He is the author of Last Sunset, Miracle of Deliverance, and two novels.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: History Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 112mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 172g
• ISBN-13: 9780750930505
• ISBN-10: 0750930500
• Artikelnr.: 21873120