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"A nonfiction manuscript for young readers about a group of Allied spies and codebreakers that cracked the Nazis's infamous cypher, allowing them to read secret military messages and turn the tide of World War II. During WWII, as the Germans waged war, every Nazi plan, every attack, was sent over radio. But to the Allies listening in, the messages sounded like gibberish. The communications were encoded with a powerful cypher-unless you could unlock...
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In 1940, in the middle of what seems an endless war, fifteen-year-old Louisa Adair longs to do something, anything, to fight back in the dread of the Blitz and in the wake of her parents' deaths at the hands of the Germans. Ellen McEwen, a volunteer driver at the Royal Air Force base, and flight leader Jamie Beaufort-Stuart of the 648 Squadron, cross paths with Louisa when a German pilot lands in Louisa's Windyedge and plants a key that leads Louisa...
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Lieutenant Aaron Donovan of the Office of Strategic Services embarks on a dangerous mission to get aboard a damaged German submarine and obtain the newest codebooks for the German Enigma cipher machine--will the mission be successful or end in disaster?
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""You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time....That is all you need to know." This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke--these young people had no idea what kind...
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During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of "gross indecency," an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. Famously leading...
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The remarkable and tragic story of one of the 20th century's most important people. Alan Turing set in motion the computer age and his World War II codebreaking helped turn the tide of the Second World War. Instead of receiving accolades, he faced terrible persecution. In 1952, the British Government forced him to undergo chemical castration as punishment for his homosexuality. In despair, Turing committed suicide. He was only 41 years old.