Stephen Harper

Capturing Enigma: How HMS Petard Seized the German Naval Codes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

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

Autorenporträt

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.