The how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II Fleming, Candace creator author. text bibliography biography Biographies. nyu 2024 First edition. monographic eng

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371 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. ""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. 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 7-11 Scholastic Inc. Grades 4-6 Scholastic Inc. juvenile Candace Fleming. Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-350) and index. e-uk--- e-uk-en Government Code and Cypher School (Great Britain) Juvenile literature Great Britain. Royal Navy. Women's Royal Naval Service (1939-1993) Biography Juvenile literature Government Code and Cypher School (Great Britain) Great Britain. Royal Navy. Women's Royal Naval Service (1939-1993) Biography World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography Juvenile literature Enigma cipher system Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence Great Britain Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography Enigma cipher system World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence Great Britain Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) History Juvenile literature Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) History D810.C88 F54 2024 940.54/8641 Fleming, Candace. New York : Scholastic Focus, 2024 First edition. (DLC) 2023036020. 9781338749571 2023036019 230825 20240326145729.0 z9ilms b4151732