Bletchley Park and D-Day
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“Demonstrates that the intelligence division. . . had a more significant role in WWII. . . making indispensable contributions to the invasion at Normandy. ” (Publishers Weekly) The untold story of Bletchley Park's key role in the success of the Normandy campaign Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become one of the most famous stories of the Second World War.
But cracking the Nazis’ codes was only the start of the process. Thousands of secret intelligence workers were then involved in making crucial information available to the Allied leaders and commanders who desperately needed it. Using previously classified documents, David Kenyon casts the work of Bletchley Park in a new light, as not just a codebreaking establishment, but as a fully developed intelligence agency.
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- Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
- 9780300244809
- 9780300243574
- ePub
- 0
- David Kenyon
- English
- 20190716
- 100
- 2
- 2
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword by Robert Hannigan
- List of illustrations and maps
- List of abbreviations, codenames and technical terms
- A note on military units and ranks
- Introduction: Overture to OVERLORD
- Part I: Bletchley Park in 1944
- 1. The intelligence factory
- 2. Incoming intercepts and codebreaking
- 3. Outgoing intelligence
- Part II: Preparations for Invasion
- 4. Invasion planning in 1943: the Western Front Committee
- 5. Invasion planning in 1944: SHAEF and JELLYFISH
- 6. Understanding German expectations
- Part III: Invasion and After
- 7. Getting ashore: Operation NEPTUNE and the landings
- 8. Staying ashore: the Normandy Campaign
- 9. The importance of Bletchley Park to OVERLORD
- A note on sources and further reading
- Endnotes
- Acknowledgements
- Index