Australian code breakers:
The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich. On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richardson boarded a German merchant vessel fleeing Melbourne's Port Phillip and audaciously seize...
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| Summary: | The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich. On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richardson boarded a German merchant vessel fleeing Melbourne's Port Phillip and audaciously seized a top-secret naval codebook. The fledgling Australian Navy had an opportunity to immediately change the course of the war. But what exactly had they found? Enter the Australian code breakers... Recruited by savvy top brass, maths whizz and German speaker Frederick Wheatley worked night and day to fathom the basic principles of the code and start tracking the German Navy's powerful East Asia Squadron, led by the brilliant Maximilian von Spee. Soon Melbourne was a hub of international Allied intelligence. This is the untold story of how a former Australian headmaster and his mostly female team cracked one of Germany's most complex codes, paving the way for the greatest Allied naval victory of World War I. |
| Item Description: | Auf dem Cover: the extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich |
| Physical Description: | 342 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Porträts, Faksimiles |
| ISBN: | 9781460756225 |
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| adam_text | Contents Author’s note V Prologue 1 1. The First Shot 3 2. War and Order 32 3. The Code Catcher 65 4. The Code Cracker 86 5. Sea Dogs 103 6. The War Room 131 7. For King or Country? 147 8. Section E 165 9. Operation Occupied 172 10. Superencipherment 187 11. Coronel 200 12. The Decryption 220 13. The Blame Game 237 14. Sydney Strikes 246 15. The Final Crack 260 16. The Falklands 268 17. Souvenirs and Send-offs 290 Epilogue 295 Appendix 307 Select bibliography 335 Acknowledgements 340
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Contents Author’s note V Prologue 1 1. The First Shot 3 2. War and Order 32 3. The Code Catcher 65 4. The Code Cracker 86 5. Sea Dogs 103 6. The War Room 131 7. For King or Country? 147 8. Section E 165 9. Operation Occupied 172 10. Superencipherment 187 11. Coronel 200 12. The Decryption 220 13. The Blame Game 237 14. Sydney Strikes 246 15. The Final Crack 260 16. The Falklands 268 17. Souvenirs and Send-offs 290 Epilogue 295 Appendix 307 Select bibliography 335 Acknowledgements 340 |
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