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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100375508074
ISBN-139780375508073
eBay Product ID (ePID)30415993
Product Key Features
Book TitleSecret in Building 26 : the Untold Story of America's Ultra War Against the U-Boat Enigma Codes
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicCommunication Studies, Military / World War II, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
IllustratorYes
GenreLanguage Arts & Disciplines, History
AuthorColin Burke, Jim Debrosse
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-058494
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"A well-documented, objective account . . . It needs to be read . . . by those who want to understand the indispensable role of information technology in modern warfare." The Washington Post Book World From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Decimal940.54/8673
SynopsisFor the first time, the inside story of the brilliant American engineer who defeated Enigma and the Nazi code-masters Much has been written about the success of the British "Ultra" program in cracking the Germans' Enigma code early in World War II, but few know what really happened in 1942, when the Germans added a fourth rotor to the machine that created the already challenging naval code and plunged Allied intelligence into darkness. Enter one Joe Desch, an unassuming but brilliant engineer at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio, who was given the task of creating a machine to break the new Enigma settings. It was an enterprise that rivaled the Manhattan Project for secrecy and complexity-and nearly drove Desch to a breakdown. Under enormous pressure, he succeeded in creating a 5,000-pound electromechanical monster known as the Desch Bombe, which helped turn the tide in the Battle of the Atlantic-but not before a disgruntled co-worker attempted to leak information about the machine to the Nazis. After toiling anonymously-it even took his daughter years to learn of his accomplishments-Desch was awarded the National Medal of Merit, the country's highest civilian honor. In "The""Secret in Building 26," the entire thrilling story of the final triumph over Enigma is finally told. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
LC Classification NumberD810.C88D43 2004
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- 07. Sep. 2022
The Secrets kept during WW2
Norma jean Clancy was my mother who worked with the Waves on the machines. She held the secret for 50 years.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
