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The Secret Listeners

The Secret Listeners

How the Y Service Intercepted the German Codes for Bletchley Park

by Sinclair McKay
Hardback
Publication Date: 04/10/2012

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Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret...The men and women of the 'Y' (for Wireless') Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military's encrypted messages for decoding back at the now-famous Bletchley Park mansion. Such wartime postings were life-changing adventures - travel out by flying boat or Indian railways, snakes in filing cabinets and heat so intense the perspiration ran into your shoes - but many of the secret listeners found lifelong romance in their far-flung corner of the world. Now, drawing on dozens of interviews with surviving veterans, Sinclair McKay tells their remarkable story at last.
ISBN:
9781845137632
9781845137632
Category:
Second World War
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
04-10-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Aurum Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
234x153x33mm
Weight:
0.72kg
Sinclair McKay

Sinclair McKay is the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bletchley Park, The Lost World of Bletchley Park,The Secret Life of Fighter Command and The Secret Listeners for Aurum, as well as histories of Hammer films, the James Bond films and the pastime of rambling. He lives in London.

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