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1. • • Churchill could read Adolf Hitler’s mail before Hitler did. It was estimated that Bletchley’s work shortened the war by two years. At the end of the war, Churchill ordered the Bombes destroyed so they didn’t fall into the wrong hands.
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     The World War II codebreakers of Bletchley Park

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   Why did Churchill call Bletchley Park a code breaker?

   • Churchill famously called the Bletchley Park code-breakers, “The geese that laid the golden eggs and never cackled.” But for the WRENs, he had a special accolade. “He had a way of using birds as metaphors,” Bourne explained. “He sent us a telegram which was pinned up at Eastcote: ‘Glad to hear the hens are laying so well without cackling.’”

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   Was Bletchley Park a code breaker?

   • Security was so great there that a story is told that a married couple – sworn to secrecy – never knew until the 1970’s that they were both code-breakers at Bletchley Park at the same time. The work done at Bletchley Park is now well known. Hollywood has made films about it.

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   Did British code breakers crack Enigma codes at Bletchley Park?

   • By cracking the enigma codes, the work of British code breakers at Bletchley Park foiled the German U-boat threat. This article appears in: May 2015 The small craft from the British destroyer HMS Bulldog launched into the choppy, frigid waters of the North Atlantic.

   Cracking the Enigma Codes at Bletchley Park

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   How many people worked at Bletchley Park?

   • Nearly 10,000 people worked in the wider Bletchley Park organisation. At first GC&CS followed its pre-war recruitment policy and looked for ‘Men and women of a professor type’ through contacts at Oxford and Cambridge universities. Many famous Codebreakers including Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman and Bill Tutte were found this way.

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   How did Bletchley break German Enigma codes?

   • From 1941 onwards, Bletchley's experts focused upon breaking the codes used by German U-boats in the Atlantic. In March 1941, when the German armed trawler 'Krebs' was captured off Norway complete with Enigma machines and codebooks, the German naval Enigma code could finally be read.

   History of WW2: How Bletchley Park cracked the Enigma Code

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   Why did GCCS return to Bletchley Park?

   • At the outset of World War II in September 1939, the code breakers returned to Bletchley Park to begin their work in earnest. GCCS was the organization responsible for deciphering German and other Axis military codes. The organization did not operate on its own. Instead, it received information from a multitude of sources.

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3. www.history.co.uk › history-of-ww2 › code-breakingHistory of WW2: How Bletchley Park cracked the Enigma Code

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   Did you know? The British tried hard to conceal their code breaking success from the Axis. In 1942, when five Italian ships bound for Africa were sunk due to ULTRA information, Churchill sent a telegram to Naples congratulating a fictitious spy and awarding him a bonus.

4. britishheritage.com › history › world-war-ii-codeThe World War II codebreakers of Bletchley Park

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   Aug 2, 2024 · Churchill famously called the Bletchley Park code-breakers, “The geese that laid the golden eggs and never cackled.” But for the WRENs, he had a special accolade. “He had a way of using birds as metaphors,” Bourne explained.

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5. bletchleypark.org.uk › who-were-the-codebreakersWho were the Codebreakers? - Bletchley Park

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   Feb 23, 2022 · Nearly 10,000 people worked in the wider Bletchley Park organisation. At first GC&CS followed its pre-war recruitment policy and looked for ‘Men and women of a professor type’ through contacts at Oxford and Cambridge universities. Many famous Codebreakers including Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman and Bill Tutte were found this way.

6. www.historylearningsite.co.uk › bletchley-parkBletchley Park - History Learning Site

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   Apr 21, 2015 · Bletchley Park was Britain’s top code-breaking centre and was credited with shortening World War Two in Europe. Few dispute that the work done there was of the utmost importance. Security was ultra-tight and it had to be.

7. winstonchurchill.org › publications › finest-hourChurchill and Intelligence – Golden Eggs: The Secret War ...

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   May 14, 2013 · On 13 December 1942, a Sunday, the codebreakers in Hut 8 worked with as much intensity as they had ever worked to try to crack the M4 “Shark” cypher used by the Admiral Dönitz to communicate with his U-boats in the Atlantic. By midday, solutions of the four-rotor Enigma U-boat key began to emerge.

8. warfarehistorynetwork.com › article › cracking-theCracking the Enigma Codes at Bletchley Park

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   The primary function at Bletchley Park was breaking and reading the German Enigma code, particularly that of the Kriegsmarine. The naval code was of prime importance because German U-boats sinking were supply ships in the North Atlantic.

9. www.gchq.gov.uk › information › how-codebreakersNCSC - GCHQ

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   How codebreakers helped fight the Battle of Britain. Analysts at GCHQ's forerunner Bletchley Park provided vital intelligence in the struggle to defend Britain's skies.