Enigma Code Breakers
Book Review
Nerd Alert! The Enigma Code Breakers is a fascinating outlay of how the secret British group of code breakers at Bletchley Park played an increasingly more integral role in World War 2 Successes. By the end of the war they were able to read most of the German dispatches in real time. German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt expressed to his interrogators at the end of the war, "I don't understand how you could more or less be everywhere at once...".
I had two frustrations with this book - one because of me and one because of the author (I think). My problem was that I still don't know enough about WW2, and this book isn't about that. Instead it traces the role of these code breakers throughout the war.
One mistake Michael Kerrigan made (I think) is transitioning to using these code breakers interchangeably as ULTRA. I think the transition happened at page 51, but it wasn't clear. I could have missed where the transition was made clear which is why I say I think this was an author issue.
I am nuts about books. I read on all kinds of topics. I attempt to review each book I read for the sake of my own enrichment as well as conversation starters with others.
You never know what you will find in an attic! Usually there is a hodgepodge of things buried under dust.
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