HARPER Stephen

Capturing Enigma: how HMS Petard seized the German naval codes - Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing Ltd., 1999 - 180p.

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.

0750923164 (hbk.): 14.99 UK


BRITAIN
ENIGMA PROJECT
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
NAVAL OPERATIONS
SECOND WORLD WAR