A review of three books about the women of Bletchley Park
C Christensen - 2016 - Taylor & Francis
C Christensen
2016•Taylor & FrancisThe story of the women who worked at Bletchley Park is an astonishing part of our wartime
history. At its peak in May 1945, more than 12,000 people worked at Bletchley or its
outstations, over 8,000 of them women. They are all too often dismissed as tiny cogs in a big
machine, not least with commendable modesty by themselves. But this misses the point.
Quite apart from the fact that several of the top codebreakers were women, everyone who
worked at Bletchley Park played a role in its many achievements.(p. 288) Michael Smith is a …
history. At its peak in May 1945, more than 12,000 people worked at Bletchley or its
outstations, over 8,000 of them women. They are all too often dismissed as tiny cogs in a big
machine, not least with commendable modesty by themselves. But this misses the point.
Quite apart from the fact that several of the top codebreakers were women, everyone who
worked at Bletchley Park played a role in its many achievements.(p. 288) Michael Smith is a …
The story of the women who worked at Bletchley Park is an astonishing part of our wartime history. At its peak in May 1945, more than 12,000 people worked at Bletchley or its outstations, over 8,000 of them women. They are all too often dismissed as tiny cogs in a big machine, not least with commendable modesty by themselves. But this misses the point. Quite apart from the fact that several of the top codebreakers were women, everyone who worked at Bletchley Park played a role in its many achievements.(p. 288)
Michael Smith is a journalist who has written much about Bletchley Park and World War II codebreaking (see Christensen 2014). The Debs of Bletchley Park is written in Smith’s usual style. His book is essentially a history of the work at Bletchley Park, but that history is interspersed with comments from some of the women 1 who worked there and includes descriptions of their work and their lives as part of the Bletchley Park community.
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