Barber, Nicola,

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.

11-13. 6-8. 1130L Lexile.



A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)

9781432996062 (hb) : $18.75 1432996061 (hb) 9781432996130 (pb) 1432996134 (pb)

2013015848


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Cryptographers--History--Great Britain--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Cryptography--History--United States--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Cryptography--History--Great Britain--20th century--Juvenile literature.

D810.C88 / B36 2014

940.54/8641