TY  - BOOK
N2  - "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. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke--these young people had no idea what kind of work they were stepping into. Who had recommended them? Why had they been chosen? Most would never learn all the answers to these questions. 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"--
AB  - "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. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke--these young people had no idea what kind of work they were stepping into. Who had recommended them? Why had they been chosen? Most would never learn all the answers to these questions. 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"--
T1  - The Enigma girls :how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II /
AU  - Fleming, Candace,
ET  - First edition.
CN  - YA D810.C88
ID  - 1491289
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Enigma cipher system
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Enigma cipher system.
KW  - Cryptography.
KW  - Women
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women.
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Holocaust.
KW  - Cryptography.
KW  - Enigma cipher system.
KW  - Military intelligence.
SN  - 9781338749571
SN  - 1338749579
TI  - The Enigma girls :how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II /
ER  -