Inside Room 40: The Codebreakers of World War 1 - Couverture rigide

Gannon, Paul

 
9780711034082: Inside Room 40: The Codebreakers of World War 1
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ISBN 10 : 0711034087 ISBN 13 : 9780711034082
Editeur : Ian Allan Publishing, 2010

Présentation de l'éditeur

When the German cruiser Magdeburg ran aground off the Estonian coast in August 1914, little did the British Admiralty realise that what was onboard the ill fated vessel would hand them a decisive advantage in the battle for North Sea supremacy, and subsequently lead to the birth of the Government Communications Headquarters. Onboard the Magdeburg was a collection of clandestine codebooks and maps, containing coded squares, which offered invaluable clues as to the whereabouts of the German High Seas Fleet. Before long, the codebooks used by German warships, U Boats and naval zeppelins, and the ciphers used by the Germans to communicate with their naval attachés and embassies, had also fallen into the Admiralty s possession.

Biographie de l'auteur

Paul Gannon is a journalist and writer who specialises in information and communications technology. His first book, Trojan Horses and National Champions: Crisis in Europe s Computing and Telecommunications Industry was awarded the IT Book of the Year in 1997. More recently, he has written a Hillwalking Guide to Snowdonia and the highly acclaimed Colossus: Bletchley Park s Greatest Secret for Atlantic Books.

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Éditeur
Ian Allan Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0711034087
ISBN 13 
9780711034082
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
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