Who broke the wartime codes? /
Nicola Barber.
- 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Primary source detectives .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63) and index.
A daring raid -- What were wartime codes? -- Who wanted to break them? -- What sort of people were they? -- What did they do to break the codes? -- Who used the information they found? -- What happened to the code-breakers after the war? -- Why was their work significant?
Junior Library Guild
This account of the Allied efforts to decode Axis messages--and keep the success of their efforts secret--describes the men and women behind the scenes, as well as the institutions they served, and the early computers devised for the purpose.