9781843543312-1843543311-Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret

Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret

ISBN-13: 9781843543312
ISBN-10: 1843543311
Edition: Main
Author: Paul Gannon
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback 592 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781843543312
ISBN-10: 1843543311
Edition: Main
Author: Paul Gannon
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback 592 pages

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Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret (ISBN-13: 9781843543312 and ISBN-10: 1843543311), written by authors Paul Gannon, was published by Atlantic Books in 2007. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other History (History & Culture, World War II, Military History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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In 1940, almost a year after the outbreak of World War II, Allied radio operators at an interception station in South London began picking up messages in a strange new code. Using science, math, innovation, and improvisation, Bletchley Park code breakers worked furiously to invent a machine to decipher what turned out to be the secrets of Nazi high command. It was called Colossus. What these code breakers didn't realize was that they had fashioned the world's first true computer. When the war ended, this incredible invention was dismantled and hidden away for almost 50 years. Paul Gannon has pieced together the tremendous story of what is now recognized as the greatest secret of Bletchley Park.

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