Mavis Batey

Dilly (eBook, ePUB)

The Man Who Broke Enigmas

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Alfred Dillwyn Knox was Britain’s leading wartime codebreaker, a famously eccentric and temperamental genius who cracked German ciphers in both wars. During the Second World War Knox became Britain’s chief cryptographer, working in a cottage at the world-famous Bletchley Park. His work would eventually provide the solution to German secret service Enigma cipher, ensuring the success of the 1944 D-Day landings. A compelling portait of a great British eccentric and a fascinating and detailed behind-the-scenes look into codebreaking and the hidden side of war.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849542784
• Artikelnr.: 37990100

Autorenporträt

MAVIS BATEY a Bletchley Park codebreaker from 1940 to 1945, was a key figure in the codebreaking intelligence which led to the British victory at the Battle of Cape Matapan. The author of numerous books, Mavis advised Kate Winslet during the making of the film Enigma.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xvi
Preface xvii
Chronology of events xix
1. The making of a codebreaker 1
2. Room 40 13
3. Alice in ID25 31
4. Between the wars 41
5. Enigma 56
6. The Warsaw conference 73
7. Bletchley Park as war station 85
8. Dilly's girls 105
9. The Battle of Matapan 118
10. Dilly and the Spy Enigma 131
11. Dilly's 'personal scouts' 143
12. Farewell 160
Appendices
Introduction to the Appendices
1. 'SECRET: Directions for Use of Keys for the Enigma I Cipher Machine' 170
2. 'Rodding' 174
3. 'Buttoning-up' 189
4. Report on the 'Lobster Enigma' 206
5. Abwehr and SD cipher machines attacked by the ISK section 210
Glossary 215
Notes 223
Index 236