Iain Standen, chief executive of Bletchley Park Trust, says: "Visitors can discover the stories of the real Millies, Susans, Lucys and Jeans by exploring the restored wartime
codebreaking huts and exhibitions that bring the true story to life.
Synopsis: Joining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the greatest
codebreaking duo that ever lived, an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of cryptology together and used it to confront the evils of their time, solving puzzles that unmasked Nazi spies and helped win World War II.
She worked as a cypher clerk at the Bletchley Park
codebreaking centre and later became Mayor of Cambridge and a Conservative minister.
His subject was the creation of Bletchley Park during WWII for
codebreaking and intelligence gathering and all of the characters who did so much for the war effort but whose work had to stay secret until years after the war had ended.
At 18, she volunteered for the Wrens - and after basic training was chosen to work on Alan Turing's
codebreaking machines at Bletchley Park.
But Dilly Knox is as least as important in the world of
codebreaking as Alan Turing.
| Dilly's Girls - the women Dilly Knox surrounded himself with at the
codebreaking huts in Bletchley Park
William, the teenage hero has an exceptional talent as a codebreaker, and when he wins a competition, he is recruited to join an elite
codebreaking school in Britain.
The Enigma was used to encode and decode messages sent by the various branches of the Nazi military, but the British mathematician Alan Turing and his team at Britain's wartime
codebreaking centre, Bletchley Park, cracked the codes.
THE IMITATION GAME (Channel 4, Tonight, 9pm) THIS is a handsomely crafted tribute to
codebreaking prodigy Alan Turing, whose invaluable contribution to the war effort was besmirched by bigotry.
One of these was Ultra, the British
codebreaking effort against the German foe.
Reader Offer (c)mubsta Bletchley Park - The Secrets of War An insight into the world of Churchill's 'Silent Geese' 2 days from PS129.00, 10 June & 8 October 2016 Clandestine operations, Enigma Machines and tales of spies and deception are brought to life on this fascinating visit to Bletchley Park, site of secret
codebreaking activities and of Churchill's 'Silent Geese' whose mathematical genius hastened the end of WW2.
