Enigma

"Winston Churchill called the cracking of the German Enigma code 'the secret weapon that won the war.' Now, for the first time, noted British journalist Hugh Sebag-Montefiore reveals the complete story of the breaking of the code by the Allies -- a breakthrough that played a crucial role in the outcome of World War II. This fascinating account recounts the never-before-told, hair-raising stories of the heroic British and American sailors, spies, and secret agents who faced death in order to capture vital codebooks form sinking ships and snatch them from under the noses of Nazi officials. The author also relates new details about the genesis of the code, little-known facts about how the Poles first cracked the Luftwaffe's version of the code (and then passed it along to the British), and the feverish activities at Bletchley Park, where the day-to-day grind to decode Enigma went on." -- Jacket.