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Capturing Enigma: How HMS "Petard" Seized the German Naval Codes Stephen Harper
Capturing Enigma: How HMS "Petard" Seized the German Naval Codes
Stephen Harper
This is the true story of how HMS Petard attacked and captured U-559 in the darkness of a Mediterranean night. With the use of eyewitness accounts, the author describes how two of her crew swam across to the sinking, abandoned U-boat and seized priceless German Enigma code books.
128 pages, 26 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index
| Medios de comunicación | Libros Hardcover Book (Libro con lomo y cubierta duros) |
| Publicado | 1 de octubre de 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780750923163 |
| Editores | The History Press Ltd |
| Páginas | 128 |
| Dimensiones | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 300 g |
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