Bletchley Park's Secret Source: Churchill's Wrens and the Y Service in World War II (Hore Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Bletchley Park's Secret Source: Churchill's Wrens and the Y Service in World War II (Hore Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The World War II codebreaking station at Bletchley is well known and its activities documented in detail. Its decryption capabilities were vital to the war effort, significantly aiding Allied victory. But where did the messages being deciphered come from in the first place?This is the extraordinary

Before Bletchley Park: The Codebreakers of the First World War (Gannon Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The story of Bletchley Park's codebreaking operations in the Second World War is now well known, but its counterparts in the First World War - Room 40 & MI1(b) - remain in the shadows, despite their involvement in and influence on most of the major events of that war.From the First Battle of the

Churchill's Spy Files: Mi5's Top-Secret Wartime Reports (West Nigel)(Pevná vazba)

The Second World War saw the role of espionage, secret agents and spy services increase exponentially as the world was thrown into a truly global conflict on an unprecedented scale. At this time, very few people in government were fully aware of what MI5 and its brethren really did. But with

Wren's Tale - the Secret Link to Bletchley Park - Memoirs of a Radio Mechanic at Scarborough Listening Station in the Second World War (Davison Muriel)(Paperback / softback)

Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret (Gannon Paul)(Paperback)

In 1940, almost a year after the outbreak of World War II, Allied radio operators at an interception station in South London began picking up messages in a strange new code. Using science, math, innovation, and improvisation, Bletchley Park code breakers worked furiously to invent a machine to

Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II (Mukerjee Madhusree)(Paperback)

A dogged enemy of Hitler, resolute ally of the Americans, and inspiring leader through World War II, Winston Churchill is venerated as one of the truly great statesmen of the last century. But while he has been widely extolled for his achievements, parts of Churchill's record have gone woefully

Churchill's War in Words: His Finest Quotes, 1939-1945 (Asbury Jonathan)(Paperback)

Churchill's War in Words transports the reader back to the urgency and terror of World War II in order to tell the story of Churchill's approach to the war as it unfolded. Focusing only on words used at the time--both by Churchill and those in his circle--the book reveals the way that Winston

Enigma: How Breaking the Code Helped Win World War II (Kerrigan Michael)(Pevná vazba)

While we know that Bletchley was the centre of Britain's World War II code-breaking, how did its efforts actually change the course of the war? Enigma tells the story of Bletchley's role in assisting the Allied commanders to victory on the

Treason in the Secret City (Fanning Diane)(Pevná vazba)

Second in the exciting new World War II mystery series featuring intrepid research chemist-sleuth Libby Clark. 30th May 1944. In the middle of the night, Libby Clark is roused from sleep by a colleague in distress. Marvin's cousin Frannie has been charged with treason, and he hopes that Libby,

Mi9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two (Fry Helen)(Pevná vazba)

A thrilling history of MI9--the WWII organization that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy lines 'A fitting tribute to the hundreds of men and women who risked their lives in assisting Allied escapees.'--Giles Milton, Sunday Times (London) 'A masterful retelling with a

The Medic: A World War II Story of Imprisonment, Hope, and Survival (Swedberg Claire E.)(Pevná vazba)

Henry Chamberlain was one of the longest-term prisoners of war in World War II. Taken prisoner in the American surrender at Bataan in April 1942, he remained in Japanese captivity until September 1945. During three and a half years of imprisonment, as a medic he was a unique and unfortunate witness

Corrie Ten Boom: The Courageous Woman and the Secret Room (Wickham Laura)(Pevná vazba)

Read the true story of Corrie ten Boom, who saved hundreds of Jewish people during World War II.In 1940, the Germans invaded the Netherlands, and Corrie ten Boom and her family helped to hide as many Jewish people as possible. They even had a secret room built in her bedroom.Corrie and her sister

Crash Boat: Rescue and Peril in the Pacific During World War II (Jepson George D.)(Pevná vazba)

The compelling story of an American crash boat crewed by unknown heroes during World War II in the South Pacific, whose dramatic rescues of downed pilots and clandestine missions off Japanese-held islands were done at great peril and with little fanfare. It chronicles ordinary young men doing

X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II (Garrett Leah)(Pevná vazba)

WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE MONTH This is the incredible World War II saga of the German-Jewish commandos who fought in Britain's most secretive special-forces unit--but whose story has gone untold until now. --Wall Street Journal'Brilliantly researched, utterly gripping history: the first full

Oil and Sovereignty: Petro-Knowledge and Energy Policy in the United States and Western Europe in the 1970s (Graf Rdiger)(Pevná vazba)

In the decades that followed World War II, cheap and plentiful oil helped to fuel rapid economic growth, ensure political stability, and reinforce the legitimacy of liberal democracies. Yet waves of price increases and the use of the so-called 'oil weapon' by a group of Arab oil-producing

The Postwar Moment: Progressive Forces in Britain, France, and the United States After World War II (Woloch Isser)(Pevná vazba)

An incisive, comparative study of the development of Post-World War II progressive politics in the United States, Britain, and France After the end of World War II, Britain, France, and the United States were faced with two very different choices: return to the civic order of pre-war normalcy or

Stuart Tank, Vol. 1: The M3, M3a1, and M3a3 Versions in World War II (Doyle David)(Pevná vazba)

Churchill's Secret Messenger: A Ww2 Novel of Spies & the French Resistance (Hlad Alan)(Paperback)

A riveting story of World War II and the courage of one young woman as she is drafted into Churchill's overseas spy network, aiding the French Resistance behind enemy lines and working to liberate Nazi-occupied Paris... London, 1941: In a cramped bunker in Winston Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms,

A Sinister Service (Maxwell Alyssa)(Pevná vazba)

In the Alyssa Maxwell's sixth delightful A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery set after World War I, a trip to Staffordshire for Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady's maid, Eva Huntford, leads to murder in a famed pottery works... Following the devastation of the Great War, England's noble class takes

Churchill's Few: The Battle of Britain (Willis John)(Pevná vazba)

The most famous turning point of World War II. Eighty years after the Battle of Britain this vivid and dramatic book tells the story, in their own words, of six brave young men who fought courageously in the skies above England to prevent Hitler's invasion of Britain.This thin blue line in their

Globes: Spheres Volume II: Macrospherology (Sloterdijk Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The second, and longest, volume in Peter Sloterdijk's celebrated Spheres trilogy, on the world history and philosophy of globalization.All history is the history of struggles for spheric expansion.--from GlobesIn Globes--the second, and longest, volume in Peter Sloterdijk's celebrated magnum opus

Venice's Secret Service: Organising Intelligence in the Renaissance (Iordanou Ioanna)(Pevná vazba)

Venice's Secret Service is the untold and arresting story of the world's earliest centrally-organised state intelligence service. Long before the inception of SIS and the CIA, in the period of the Renaissance, the Republic of Venice had masterminded a remarkable centrally-organised state

Tales of Lancasters and Other Aircraft: Dangerous Skies in the Second World War (Culling George)(Pevná vazba)

Of every 100 operational airmen in World War II, nine were killed flying in England and three severely injured in crashes; non-operational casualties numbered more than 15,000. Operational casualties were chillingly grim--more than 56,000 airmen died in World War II, more than half those involved

The Steam Engines of World War II in Europe: The German 'Kriegsdampflokomotiven' and the British and American War Engines (Horton Phil)(Pevná vazba)

Few events had a greater influence on Europe's railways in the 20th century than the Second World War. As described in this book, thousands of steam engines were produced for the conflict by all sides. Although many were damaged during the war, most survived. Indeed, many of the British and