The Hut Six Story : Breaking the Enigma Codes

Author/Guide: Gordon Welchman

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ww2: The secret behind the breaking of the Enigma code

ISBN: 978-0947712341
Genre: Biography/memoirs, Fiction

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What you need to know before your trail

The story and the lead up to how the Enigma code was broken.

This is the story of those who worked at Bletchley Park to work on breaking the German military cyphers throughout WW2. This book was written by one of the code-breakers and so provides a really interesting insight into the work that went on in these huts.

Gordon Welchman worked with men like Alan Turing and at the heart of the code-breaking team. He ensured the team was well organised and smoothed the processes that ensured the team and their work went as smoothly as possible. It’s quite something to read the words of someone who was there.

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Bletchley Park

This really has to be seen to be believed. The cramped conditions, the cold winds rattling through the doors, the basic tables and chairs, the lack of comforts and the secrecy. But amidst all that some of the best brains in the country saved millions from death by shortening the war by about two years.

There are no words to describe walking into the huts, around the lake, into the mansion house…..every step you take feels as if you’re on sacred ground as when you think about it, you are. You can almost hear the echoes of the past whispering through the walls. When you get to see Alan Turing’s desk – speechless. This man’s story is more than retold here – there’s even a brick in an honorary wall bearing his name. And his office was so small! Oh and that huge machine he built – remarkable. There are no words to describe what he achieved and what it’s like standing in the very spot he made history.

The huts are a lot smaller than you think, the park itself so compact that you can’t imagine how so many people could work here and work here without knowing what everyone else was doing. This is one place you will never ever forget once you’ve seen it through your own eyes.