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Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
x, 422 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The complete untold story of the cracking of the infamous Nazi code
Most histories of the cracking of the elusive Enigma code focus on the work done by the codebreakers at Bletchley Park, Britain's famous World War II counterintelligence station. In this fascinating account, however, we are told, for the first time, the hair-raising stories of the heroic British and American sailors, spies, and secret agents who put their lives on the line to provide...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"1943. As war in the Pacific rages on, Isabel Cooper and her codebreaker colleagues huddle in "the dungeon" at Station HYPO in Pearl Harbor, deciphering secrets plucked from the airwaves in a race to bring down the enemy. Isabel has only one wish: to avenge her brother's death. But she soon finds life has other plans when she meets his best friend, a hotshot pilot with secrets of his own. 1965. Fledgling journalist Lu Freitas comes home to Hawai'i...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
ix, 260 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction manuscript for young readers about a group of Allied spies and codebreakers that cracked the Nazis's infamous cypher, allowing them to read secret military messages and turn the tide of World War II. During WWII, as the Germans waged war, every Nazi plan, every attack, was sent over radio. But to the Allies listening in, the messages sounded like gibberish. The communications were encoded with a powerful cypher--unless you could unlock...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them.
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Illustrated narrative of the work of the U.S. Marine Corps' Navajo Code Talkers. Discusses persecution of Navajos, recruitment of Navajo servicemen, simple Navajo words and their translations, and the Code Talkers' legacy.
Author
Language
English
Description
Joining the elite Bletchley Park codebreaking team during World War II, three women from very different walks of life uncover a spy's dangerous agenda years later against the backdrop of the royal wedding of Elizabeth and Philip.
"1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Osla puts her fluent German to use as a translator...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Full-color graphic novel retells the story of the Navajo Code Talkers, a group of Navajo soldiers who developed a code for transmitting messages based on their native language that was never decoded by enemy forces for the duration of its use in three wars. Includes a glossary, resources for further reading, and discussion questions.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction chronicle of the courageous efforts of remarkable young women recruited by the US government to crack German and Japanese military codes during World War II."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann-Raintree
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.
Language
English
Description
Briefly explores the work of a number of spies and code breakers working against the Nazis in World War II, such as agents code named "Garbo" and "Agent Zigzag," as well as Alan Turing and Barbara Lauwers.
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xxii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
On June 4, 1944, the course of World War II was forever changed. That day, a US Navy task force achieved the impossible--capturing German U-boat U-505. Called Operation Nemo, it was the first seizure of an enemy ship in battle since the War of 1812, one of the greatest achievements of the US Navy and a victory that shortened the duration of the war.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From Pearl Harbor to Bletchley Park, readers will learn the true stories of the brave men and women who worked behind the scenes to crack codes and gain information during World War II"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code,...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangsters! Shakespearian lies! Discover the courageous woman who cracked all these cases and more-with only a pencil and paper. The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for English literature. Eventually, these talents led to a new...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act... Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they're living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World War II -- Britain's eccentric codebreaking factory at Bletchley Park. As Jakob joins Bletchley's top minds to crack the Nazi's Enigma cipher, fourteen-year-old...
16) The secret war
Author
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Physical Desc
208 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
371 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
" "You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time ... That is all you need to know." This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke-these young people had no idea what kind...
18) Code talker
Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
viii, 310 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers, discusses his life growing up in the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo reservation, and shares the story of how he helped the United States develop and implement a secret military language based on his native language during World War II that became the only unbroken code in modern warfare.