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Capturing Enigma: how HMS Petard seized the German naval codes

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HARPER Stephen

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing Ltd., 1999Description: 180pISBN:

0750923164 (hbk.):

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Summary: HMS Petard's capture of secret German Enigma coding material from U-559 enabled Bletchley Park's codebreakers to crack a new Enigma system, and ultimately led to the British defeat of Hitler's Atlantic U-boat offensive. The author includes eyewitness accounts to detail the story of the U-559's attack and capture.

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HMS Petard's capture of secret German Enigma coding material from U-559 enabled Bletchley Park's codebreakers to crack a new Enigma system, and ultimately led to the British defeat of Hitler's Atlantic U-boat offensive. The author includes eyewitness accounts to detail the story of the U-559's attack and capture.

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