Operation Primrose: U110, the Bismarck and the Enigma code

Operation Primrose: U110, the Bismarck and the Enigma code breakers

Operation Primrose tells the story of the capture of U-110 â€“ and with it a working Enigma machine.

One of the biggest secrets of the war, the capture of that one machine turned the tide of the war in British favour.

The German U-boat attacks were crippling the nationâ€™s ability to survive, and the key to breaking that threat was in deciphering the Germanâ€™s naval Enigma code.

Turing and his colleagues at Bletchley Park worked tirelessly to crack the code, and with the working Enigma machine they finally had their break-through moment.

This book sets the story, and the Enigma cryptographers, in context â€“ at the heart of the Battle of the Atlantic, when it reached its crescendo in the pursuit of the battleship Bismarck the week after U110 was taken.

It sets Bletchley Park in its wider context too, at the heart of an intricate and maverick network of naval intelligence, tracking signals and plotting them to divert convoys around waiting U-boats, involving officers like James Bondâ€™s future creator, Ian Fleming.

It also sets out the most important context of all, forgotten in so much of the Enigma history: that Britainâ€™s own naval code had already been cracked, and its signals were being read, thanks to the efforts of Turingâ€™s opposite number, the German naval cryptographer, Wilhelm Tranow.

An exciting and enthralling true story â€˜Operation Primroseâ€™ is an excellently researched piece on the race for naval supremacy in the Second World War.

David Boyle's work has been widely praised.

â€˜The tone of the book may be gloomy but there is plenty of entertainment value â€¦â€™ Anne Ashworth, The Times

â€˜Exhilaratingâ€™ Daily Mail

â€˜He tells these stories, on the whole persuasively and with some startling asides.â€™ New Statesman

â€˜A book that is engagingly sensitive to the sentiments of what is sometimes called â€œmiddle Englandâ€â€™ Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times

David Boyle is a British author and journalist who writes mainly about history and new ideas in economics, money, business and culture. He lives in Crystal Palace, London. His books include â€˜Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigmaâ€™, â€˜Rupert Brooke: Englandâ€™s Last Patriotâ€™, â€˜Peace on Earth: The Christmas Truce of 1914â€™, â€˜Jerusalem: Englandâ€™s National Anthemâ€™, â€˜Unheard Unseen: Warfare in the Dardanellesâ€™, â€˜Towards the Setting Sun: The Race for Americaâ€™ and â€˜The Age to Comeâ€™.

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Country	USA
Author	David Boyle
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Endeavour Press
Manufacturer	Endeavour Press
NumberOfPages	108
PublicationDate	2015-07-27
Publisher	Endeavour Press
ReleaseDate	2015-07-27
Studio	Endeavour Press

Operation Primrose: U110, the Bismarck and the Enigma code breakers

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