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1. • • Churchill placed enormous value on their work, demanding to see not only summaries of their findings hot off the press, but also insisting on seeing raw data, too; he called them his ‘golden eggs’ laid by geese (code-breakers) that never cackled.
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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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   Why did Winston Churchill send a letter to Bletchley Park?

   • The letter sent to Winston Churchill requesting more resources to be allocated to Bletchley Park, 21 October 1941. Some weeks ago you paid us the honour of a visit, and we believe that you regard our work as important.

   A dramatic plea for Churchill’s help from Bletchley Park

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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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   What happened at Bletchley Park during WW2?

   • When the war in Europe ended in May 1945, the work at Bletchley Park was redirected towards the Soviet Union and used during the Cold War. The work done at Bletchley Park was highly secret. Much of what was done at Bletchley Park during World War Two remained secret for several decades after the wa

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   What is the Bletchley Park Roll of Honour?

   • The Bletchley Park Roll of Honour lists all those believed to have worked in signals intelligence during World War Two, at Bletchley Park and other locations. The Roll of Honour has been compiled from information in official sources, publications and, most importantly, that provided by the veterans themselves, their former colleagues and families.

   Who were the Codebreakers? - Bletchley Park

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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.

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   Breaking the Enigma codes was a priority for the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), based at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire. As mentioned in the letter, the cryptanalysts (code breakers)...

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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.

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   Feb 23, 2022 · The Bletchley Park Roll of Honour lists all those believed to have worked in signals intelligence during World War Two, at Bletchley Park and other locations.

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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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   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.