The extraordinary untold story of the brilliant men and women who cracked the Japanese codes from Australia during World
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English Pages ix, 389 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln : Illustrationen, Portraits Year 2017
Table of contents :
List of maps Abbreviations Diagram of Allied code-breaking units 1. Burn the codes and ciphers 2. Pioneer of the code breaker's craft 3. Special Intelligence Bureau 4. The road to Corregidor 5. Scramble to safety 6. The turning of the tide 7. Midway 8. Central Bureau 9. The Water Transport Code broken 10. The admiral's itinerary 11. Buried treasure 12. The front line and the back room 13. A new world, a new enemy Coding and decoding Japan's military messages Glossary of technical terms Cast of characters Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index