A million pages of new World War II codebreaking records have been released by the U.S. Army and Navy and the British government over the last five years. Now, Battle of Wits presents the history of the war that these documents reveal. From the battle of Midway until the last German code was broken in January 1945, this is an astonishing epic of a war that was won not simply by brute strength but also by reading the enemy’s intentions.
The revelations of Stephen Budiansky’s dramatic history include how Britain tried to manipulate the American codebreakers and monopolize German Enigma code communications; the first detailed published explanations of how the Japanese codes were broken; and how the American codebreaking machines worked to crack the Japanese, the German, and even the Russian diplomatic codes. The compelling narrative shows the crucial effect codebreaking had on the battlefields by explaining the urgency of stopping the wolf pack U-boat attacks in the North Atlantic, the importance of halting Rommel’s tanks in North Africa, and the necessity of ensuring that the Germans believed the Allies’ audacious deception and cover plans for D-Day. Unveiled for the first time, the complete story of codebreaking in World War II has now been told.
B> Women and the First World War provides an introduction to the experiences and contributions of women during this important turning point in history. In addition to exploring women’s relationship to the war in each of the main protagonist states, the book also looks at the wide-ranging effects of the war on women in North America, Africa Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Topical in its approach, Susan Grayzel highlights the heated public debates about women’s social, cultural and political roles that the war inspired. She examines their varied experiences of war, women’s representation in propaganda, their roles in peace movements and revolutionary activity that grew out of the war and the consequences of the war for women in its immediate aftermath. The book includes a document section providing a wide range of sources from first-hand accounts, a Chronology and Glossary. Ideal for anyone interested in the First World War or the role of women in the twentieth century.
This is an illustrated, encyclopaedic data reference to all US Army World War 2 ground combat force units from battalion through division, 1939-1946. It includes weapons, equipment, vehicles, and combat photographs. It is thoroughly updated with newly uncovered unit data collected over the twenty years since publication of the original, “Order of Battle, US Army, World War 2″. It includes: Units; Overseas Service; Ports of Embarkation; Insignia; Combat Narratives; Organisational Charts; Campaigns; Stateside Service; Post, Camps and Stations.