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Ultra Versus U-Boats: Enigma Decrypts in the National Archives Hardcover – April 17, 2009
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Roy Conyers Nesbit
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Keeping the Atlantic sea-lanes open was a vital factor in the fight against Nazi Germany. In the battle to protect merchant shipping from the menace of surface raiders and U-boats, Allied resolve and resources were tested to the utmost.
The story of the extraordinary measures that were taken to combat the threat, at sea and in the air, has often been told. But there is one crucial element in this prolonged campaign that has still not been fully appreciated – the role of code-breaking, in particular the decryption of secret signals transmitted by German Enigma machines. And this is the focus of Roy Nesbit’s fascinating new account of the Battle of the Atlantic.
Using previously unpublished decrypts of U-boat signals, selected from the National Archives, along with historic wartime photographs, he tells the stories of the individual U-boats and describes their fate. Their terse signals reveal, perhaps move vividly than conventional communications could do, the desperate plight of the U-boatmen as they struggled against increasingly effective Allied countermeasures that eventually overwhelmed them.
The story of the extraordinary measures that were taken to combat the threat, at sea and in the air, has often been told. But there is one crucial element in this prolonged campaign that has still not been fully appreciated – the role of code-breaking, in particular the decryption of secret signals transmitted by German Enigma machines. And this is the focus of Roy Nesbit’s fascinating new account of the Battle of the Atlantic.
Using previously unpublished decrypts of U-boat signals, selected from the National Archives, along with historic wartime photographs, he tells the stories of the individual U-boats and describes their fate. Their terse signals reveal, perhaps move vividly than conventional communications could do, the desperate plight of the U-boatmen as they struggled against increasingly effective Allied countermeasures that eventually overwhelmed them.
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPen and Sword Military
- Publication dateApril 17, 2009
- Dimensions7.5 x 0.75 x 9.75 inches
- ISBN-101844158748
- ISBN-13978-1844158744
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About the Author
Roy Conyers Nesbit has a long-established reputation as a leading aviation historian. His many books include The Royal Air Force: An Illustrated History From 1918, RAF in Camera, The Battle of Britain, The Battle For Europe, Arctic Airmen, Eyes of the RAF, The Battle of the Atlantic, Ultra Versus U-Boats, Reported Missing, The Battle for Burma and The Strike Wings.
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- Publisher : Pen and Sword Military; Illustrated edition (April 17, 2009)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1844158748
- ISBN-13 : 978-1844158744
- Item Weight : 2 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.75 x 9.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,893,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8,301 in Naval Military History
- #32,926 in World War II History (Books)
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