Australian Code Breakers
Our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich

The events described in this book are fascinating and well deserving of a popular retelling. For most Australians, the First World War starts with the Gallipoli campaign and ends in the trenches of Flanders. The war at sea is largely unknown. At the start of the First World War the German East Asia S......more

I love history, and hearing how Australia had impacts on WWI sounded very intriguing. It has been written, for me, incredibly well and tastefully done so as well in reference to both the Australian and German men, their actions, their lives, and some of their deaths. However, it is a story with some......more

This was such an interesting telling of an historical event - almost a blow by blow account. The way the author used the source documents to tell the story whilst fleshing out the human interactions and conversations was very clever.......more

An interesting read with an unsatisfying conclusion, as you might expect for something based on a true story. Feels shorter than it actually is, a function of it's laser focus, with the caveat that it tries to expand things beyond that.......more

A fascinating audiobook of a little known part of Australia in WWI.......more