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Capturing Enigma: How HMS "Petard" Seized the German Naval Codes
Capturing Enigma: How HMS "Petard" Seized the German Naval Codes
Stephen Harper
Here is the true story of how HMS Petard attacked and captured U-559 in the darkness of a Mediterranean night. It describes how members of her crew swam across to the slowly sinking U-boat and captured vital German Enigma codebooks.
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Summary
An attack by a British destroyer on a German U-boat in the Eastern Mediterranean in October 1942 altered the course of the entire war. The capture of secret coding material from U-559, at the cost of two of HMS Petard's crew, enabled Bletchley Park's codebreakers to successfully crack the U-boat cypher.
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Title - Capturing Enigma: How HMS "Petard" Seized the German Naval Codes
Edition -
Author - Stephen Harper
ISBN 13 - 9780750930505
Imprint - The History Press Ltd
Publisher - The History Press Ltd
Date Published - 01/07/2002
Prize -
No. of pages - 192
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 110 x 178 x 10mm
Weight - 200 g
Languages - English