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The Enigma girls : how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II / Candace Fleming

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: True stories in focusEdition: First editionDescription: 371 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781338749571
  • 1338749579
Other title:
  • How 10 teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 940.54/8641 23/eng/20230825
LOC classification:
  • D810.C88 F54 2024
Contents:
Introduction -- 1939-1945: War and Y -- 1940: Secrets, secrets, and more secrets -- 1941: Ciphers, spies, and a mysterious summons -- 1942: Bombes and codebooks -- 1943: Slogging, grinding war work -- 1944: D-Day and its secret helpers -- 1945: War's end and the years after
Summary: "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 of work they were stepping into. Who had recommended them? Why had they been chosen? Most would never learn all the answers to these questions. Bletchley Park was a well-kept secret during World War II, operating under the code name Station X. The critical work of code-cracking Nazi missives that went on behind its closed doors could determine a victory or loss against Hitler's army. Amidst the brilliant cryptographers, flamboyant debutantes, and absent-minded professors working there, it was teenaged girls who kept Station X running. Some could do advanced math, while others spoke a second language. They ran the unwieldy bombe machines, made sense of wireless sound waves, and sorted the decoded messages. They were expected to excel in their fields and most importantly: know how to keep a secret"--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Children's Room G- Nonfiction (Juvenile) J 940.5486 FLEM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4010631

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- 1939-1945: War and Y -- 1940: Secrets, secrets, and more secrets -- 1941: Ciphers, spies, and a mysterious summons -- 1942: Bombes and codebooks -- 1943: Slogging, grinding war work -- 1944: D-Day and its secret helpers -- 1945: War's end and the years after

"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 of work they were stepping into. Who had recommended them? Why had they been chosen? Most would never learn all the answers to these questions. Bletchley Park was a well-kept secret during World War II, operating under the code name Station X. The critical work of code-cracking Nazi missives that went on behind its closed doors could determine a victory or loss against Hitler's army. Amidst the brilliant cryptographers, flamboyant debutantes, and absent-minded professors working there, it was teenaged girls who kept Station X running. Some could do advanced math, while others spoke a second language. They ran the unwieldy bombe machines, made sense of wireless sound waves, and sorted the decoded messages. They were expected to excel in their fields and most importantly: know how to keep a secret"--

Ages: 8-12 Scholastic Inc

Grades: 3-7 Scholastic Inc

Reading L: 6.6 Scholastic Inc

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