dave
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Post by dave on Oct 9, 2016 2:35:40 GMT
I would like to recommend a few good books for anyone interested in WWII Intel.
THE SECRET WAR by: Max Hastings (c) 2016 This book will introduce you to many of the unsung hero's of WWII Spies, Ciphers and Guerrillas 1939-1945
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I'm sure you've heard of the "White Mouse" British Spy Nancy Wake Well we had a great spy as well, Virginia Hall, read all about her in the book: THE WOLVES AT THR DOOR By: Judith L Pearson a great 'true' spy tail.
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And a new book I am looking forward to reading, THE SECRET HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II By: Neil Kagan & Stephen Hyslop Spies, Code Breakers & Covert Ops.
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all available on Amazon.....
Anybody else have any suggestions??
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Post by lpaseen on Oct 17, 2016 13:54:37 GMT
I'm not much of a bookworm but have realized that in order to satisfy my thirst for knowledge I need to start reading a few. It was a book posting earlier but sometimes hidden in other threads. Right now I stumbled over one I think I have to take a look at, "Saving Bletchley Park" by Sue Black. ISBN-10: 1908717920, ISBN-13: 978-1908717924.
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Post by Arduino Enigma on Oct 23, 2016 14:22:38 GMT
Good find!
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Post by lpaseen on Nov 6, 2016 3:37:33 GMT
"Saving Bletchley Park" will have to wait for later, after watching a documentary on Gordon Welchman (who deserves way more recognition than he gets) I now started reading "The HUT SIX Story" by Gordon Welchman and I have to say it is very interesting.
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Post by doomyd on Feb 27, 2017 0:35:23 GMT
Yes, the Hut Six Story - a first hand account by one of BP's cryptanalysts, a must read! The book got him into trouble in the 1970's, but that was, I believe, more to do with the appendix of the original edition, in which he analysed the weaknesses of NATO's battlefield communications systems of the time, on which he'd been working in the U.S. His security clearance was revoked because of this, and all subsequent editions have omitted this part of the book in favour of more in depth history of the Enigma story, which I personally find more interesting, like, for example, a detailed account of Rejewski's work, and a technological description of the Turing Bombe.
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