Ultra Goes to War: The First Account of World War II's Greatest Secret Based on Official DocumentsContributes a comprehensive and precisely written history of the system by which German radio messages were intercepted and decoded and sent to Allied field operations, reassessing major battles and campaigns in terms of how Ultra information was used or misused by the Allies. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 11 |
The Glowlamp Machine | 25 |
The British Breakthrough | 51 |
Copyright | |
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8th Army Abwehr Admiral Admiralty Africa Afrika Korps Air Force Air Staff airborne aircraft airfields Allied American armour Army Group arrived attack Battle of Britain Bletchley Park Bletchley's Bomber bombs British Cairo campaign Chiefs of Staff Churchill Churchill's cipher Code-name Colonel convoy Corps cryptanalysts D Day deception deciphered decrypts early Eisenhower enciphered enemy enemy's Enigma Enigma machine evidence fact Fighter Fleet France French front German Group Captain headquarters High Command Hitler intelligence officer intercepts invasion Italian June knew Knickebein London Luftwaffe machine Marshal Mediterranean military Montgomery naval Navy Normandy North operations Panzer Division Personal to author Prime Minister R. V. Jones radio raid Rommel Room 40 Sealion sent SHAEF ships Special Liaison Unit SS Panzer Station tanks target teleprinter tion Tracking Room traffic troops U-boat Ultra Ultra intelligence Ultra Secret Ultra signals Wavell Winterbotham