Title: Very special intelligence : the story of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre, 1939-1945 /
Authors: Beesly, Patrick, 1913-
Publisher: Greenhill Books ; Stackpole Books,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Great Britain.; World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography.; Military intelligence Great Britain History
Contents: Astute men -- The first twelve months. A lean time -- October 1940-May 1941. Signs of improvement -- German naval ciphers and B.P. -- The sinking of the Bismarck -- June-December 1941. Special intelligence at last -- January-July 1942. Operation Paukenschlag and the great black-out -- The Channel Dash and PQ.17 -- July-December 1942. The Indian Ocean and torch -- Triton to the rescue -- January-May 1943. Climax of the Battle of the Atlantic -- June-December 1943. Donitz tries again -- The end of Scharnhorst and Tirpitz -- Denning's damned black magic -- U-boat warfare. D day to VE day.