Bletchley Park

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31567119287
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Books
search_price: 
30.00
book_author_name: 
Sinclair McKay
book_type: 
Hardback
publisher: 
Aurum Press
published_date: 
04/02/2016
isbn: 
9781781315347
Merchant Product Cat path: 
Books > History > Military history > Second World War
specifications: 
Sinclair McKay|Hardback|Aurum Press|04/02/2016
Merchant Product Id: 
9781781315347
Book Description: 
This is beautifully slipcased presented collector' s edition of the best selling title, The Lost World of Bletchley Park, a comprehensive illustrated history of this remarkable place, from its prewar heyday as a country estate, its wartime requisition and how it became the place where modern computing was invented and the German Enigma code was cracked, to its post-war dereliction and then rescue towards the end of the twentieth century as a museum. Removable memorabilia includes: 1938 recruiting memo with a big tick against Turing' s name Churchill' s ' Action this day' letter giving code breakers extra resources Handwritten Turing memos Top Secret Engima decryptions, about the sinking of the Bismark, German High Command' s assessment of D-Day threat and the message announcing Hitler' s suicide A wealth of everyday items such as call-up papers, security notices and propoganda posters Newly redesigned interiors with 25% new content, high end slipcase package featuring removable facsimile documents, this is an essential purchase for everyone interested and wanting to experience the place where code-breaking helped to win the war.

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