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(More customer reviews)Poles were instrumental in breaking the German Enigma code. I am glad that this part of not really known history is being popularized in English language. I have to admit I am not a person who likes reading a military history. But this book is so interestingly written - with the whole background of the impending war and also with some sense of humor whenever possible. It tells the story of how Polish mathematicians got involved (much earlier than the mathematicians of other countries, also Great Britain) into the work on breaking the code and how they build the machines which were helping to solve the codes. When the war n Poland became imminent they simply gave these machines to their French and British allies. Their difficult stories how they continued working on decoding German secret messages and how some of them survived while others died during the war. The book contains also a separate chapter about English code breakers and how they helped to win the war. Even their personalities are described. Interesting read!
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In 1933, three Polish mathematicians led by Marian Rejewski succeeded in breaking the German Enigma cipher, which the Germans considered unbreakable. In 1939, just before the outbreak of war, the Poles shared their knowledge with French and British intelligence services. This led to the powerful British decoding operation at Bletchley Park, which supplied vital intelligence known as Ultra to the allied forces. Yet, only recently have the Polish codebreakers received international recognition. This text offers a concise, up-to-date history of the Enigma decryption in Poland and the use of this achievement in Poland and England.
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