Seizing the Enigma, David Kahn
Seizing the Enigma, David Kahn
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Seizing the Enigma
The Race to Break the German U-Boats Codes, 19391943

Author: David Kahn

Narrator: Bernard Mayes

Unabridged: 13 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/04/2012

Synopsis

For almost four desperate years between 1939 and 1943, British and American navies fought a savage, losing battle against German submarine wolf packs. The Allies might never have turned the tide of that historic battle without an intelligence coup. The race to break the German U-boat codes is one of the last great untold stories of World War II. David Kahn, the worlds leading historian of cryptology, brings to life this tense, behind-the-scenes drama for the first time. Seizing the Enigma provides the definitive account of how British and American code breakers fought a war of wits against Nazi naval communications and helped lead the Allies to victory in the crucial Battle of the Atlantic.

About David Kahn

David Kahn, who holds a PhD in history from Oxford, is the author of The Codebreakers, Hitler’s Spies, and Seizing the Enigma. He has written articles on codes and intelligence for many magazines, ranging from Playboy to the New York Times Magazine and Historical Journal. He lives in Great Neck, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard on December 24, 2017

The most comprehensive treatment of the subject I've seen. It focuses on the Battle of the Atlantic, which is undeniably the most important impact of this intelligence coup, but is otherwise fairly comprehensive. It starts with the code breaking of WWI, and the precedent of the code yield from wreck......more

Goodreads review by Des on October 04, 2022

This book is enjoyable and provides engaging insights into breaking the German U-boat codes. Early chapters focus on the Enigma machine and how it was developed for its purpose, the code breakers of the interwar period and the scenarios of such endeavours. The author goes to considerable length to pu......more

Goodreads review by Lady Wesley on February 14, 2022

For reasons that I do not understand, I have always been fascinated by Bletchley Park and the race to break Enigma, the Nazi naval code. This book is an excellent discussion of the Battle of the Atlantic and the four-year project to crack the supposedly unbreakable Enigma. There is a lot of detail t......more

Goodreads review by Dennis on September 08, 2020

Bletchley Park and all that The book went into considerable technicalities which I skimmed a little bit. The overall momentum of the book was compelling, however, and I found it difficult to put down.......more

Goodreads review by Richard on February 10, 2024

This is a book for serious students of military history and WW II in particular. Much of the detail flew by me (too many UBoat numbers, tons of merchant shipping sunk, etc.) yet on the whole casual readers like me can grasp the importance of Ultra in the allied war effort and the challenges to hide......more

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