Winston Churchill called the cracking of the German Enigma Code "the secret weapon that won the war." Now, for
the first time, noted British journalist Hugh-Sebag-Montefiore reveals the complete story of the breaking of the
code by the Allies--the breaking that played a crucial role in the outcome of World War II.
This fascinating account relates the never-before-told, hair-raising stories of the heroic British and American
sailors, spies, and secret agents who faced death in order to capture vital codebooks from sinking ships and snatch
them from under the noses of Nazi officials. Sebag-Montefiore also relates new details about the genesis of the
code, little-known facts about how the Poles first cracked the Luftwaffe's version of the code (and then passed
it along to the British), and the feverish activities at Bletchley Park, Based in part on documents recently unearthed
from American and British archives--including previously confidential government files--and in part on unforgettable,
firsthand accounts of surviving witnesses, Enigma unearths the stunning truth about the brilliant piece of decryption
that changed history.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Prologue.
1. The Betrayal: Belgium and Germany, 1931.
2. The Leak: Poland, Belgium and Germany, 1929-38.
3. An Inspired Guess: Poland, 1932.
4. A Terrible Mistake: Poland, 1933-9.
5. Flight: Germany, Poland and England, 1939-40.
6. The First Capture: Scotland, 1940.
7. Mission Impossible: Norway and Bletchley Park, 1940.
8. Keeping the Enigma Secret: France and Bletchley Park, May-September 1940.
9. Deadlock: Bletchley Park, August-October, 1940.
10. The Italian Affair: Bletchley Park and Mediterranean, March 1941.
11. The End of the Beginning: Norway. March 1941.
12. Breakthrough: North of Ireland, May 1941.
13. Operation Primrose: The Atlantic, May 1941.
14. The Knock-Out Blow: North of Ireland, June 1941.
15. Suspicion: Bletchley Park, the Atlantic and Berlin, may-October 1941.
16. A Two-Edged Sword: The Atlantic and the Cape Verde Islands, September 1941.
17. Living Dangerously: The South Atlantic and Norway, November 1941-Marhc1942.
18. The Hunt for the Bigram Tables: Bletchley Park and Norway, December 1941.
19. Black Out: The Barents Sea, Bletchley Park and the Admiralty, February-July 1942.
20. Breaking the Deadlock: The Mediterranean and Bletchley Park, October-December 1942.
21. The Turning Point: South of France, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, November 1942-September 1943.
22. Trapped: South of France, November 1942-March 1943.
23. The Arrest: Berlin, march-September 1943.
24. Sinking the Scharnhorst: The Barents Sea, December 1943.
25. Operation Covered: Paris, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic, August 1943-March 1944.
26. The Last Hiccough: Germany, France and the South Atlantic, March-June 1944.
