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Australian code breakers /

Australian code breakers /
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01179074 940.48 PHE
Adult Non-Fiction   Peak Hill . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781460756225
Shelf Location 940.48 PHE
Author Phelps, James:
Title Australian code breakers / James Phelps.
HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
©2020.
text.
still image.
unmediated.
volume.
General Notes "The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich" -- Cover.
Summary "The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich. On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richardson boarded a German merchant vessel fleeing Melbourne's Port Phillip and audaciously seized a top-secret naval codebook. The fledgling Australian Navy had an opportunity to immediately change the course of the war. But what exactly had they found? Enter the Australian code breakers... Recruited by savvy top brass, maths whizz and German speaker Frederick Wheatley worked night and day to fathom the basic principles of the code and start tracking the German Navy's powerful East Asia Squadron, led by the brilliant Maximilian von Spee. Soon Melbourne was a hub of international Allied intelligence. This is the untold story of how a former Australian headmaster and his mostly female team cracked one of Germany's most complex codes, paving the way for the greatest Allied naval victory of World War I." -- From publisher website.
Subject added entry -- Relator term Wheatley, Frederick William 1871-1955
Richardson, J. T. 1861-1941
Subject Military intelligence -- Australia -- 20th century -- History
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- History -- Pacific Ocean
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations
Military participation -- Australian
Cryptographers -- Australia -- History
Cryptography -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian
World War, 1914-1918 -- Cryptography -- History -- Pacific Ocean
Australia
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