06.12.08
Some kind of heros
I’ve been reading Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park and I have to say, it is an absolutely fascinating read. Even if you don’t give a hoot about encryption or how the Allies won World War II, it has great stories from the people who were there. You learn about their thoughts and feelings when it comes to events like being the first non-Nazis to read the message about the death of Hitler, mere hours after it happened, to deciphering the message that lead to the Allies shooting down Admiral Yamamoto Ishiroku. The stress of the work and the round-the-clock shift-work that went into the effort is amazing. The pressures put on these people, the tolls it took and how they coped with it all is simply astounding.
