| ISBN |
9781399142571 |
| 1399142577 |
| Name |
Hore, Peter |
| Title |
Bletchley Park's secret source [electronic resource] : Churchill's Wrens and the Y Service in World War II / Peter Hore; read by David Thorpe. |
| Published |
Leicester : Ulverscroft, Isis, 2022. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Notes |
Downloadable audio file |
| Complete and unabridged. |
| Ulverscroft digital uLIBRARY |
| Performers |
Read by David Thorpe. |
| Summary |
The World War II codebreaking station at Bletchley is well known and its activities documented in detail. Its decryption capabilities were vital to the war effort, significantly aiding the Allied victory. But where did the messages being deciphered come from in the first place? This is the extraordinary untold story of the Y service, a secret even more closely guarded than Bletchley Park. 'Y service' was the code for the chain of wireless intercept stations around Britain and all over the world. Hundreds of wireless operators, many of them civilians, listened to German, Italian and Japanese radio networks and meticulously logged everything they heard. Some messages were then used tactically but most were sent on to Station X - Bletchley Park - where they were deciphered, translated and consolidated to build a comprehensive overview of the enemy's movements and intentions. |
| Subjects |
Great Britain. -- Government Communications Headquarters -- History |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Electronic intelligence -- Great Britain |
| Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century |
| Talking books |
| Bletchley (Buckinghamshire, England) -- History -- 20th century |
| Genre |
eAudiobooks |
| Added Names |
Thorpe, David narrator |
| Internet Site |
https://gunnedah.ulverscroftulibrary.com/book/view/9781399142571 |
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