The Resource Australian code breakers, James Phelps
Australian code breakers, James Phelps
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The item Australian code breakers, James Phelps represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich. On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richardson boarded a German merchant vessel fleeing Melbourne's Port Phillip and audaciously seized a top-secret naval codebook. The fledgling Australian Navy had an opportunity to immediately change the course of the war. But what exactly had they found? Enter the Australian code breakers... Recruited by savvy top brass, maths whizz and German speaker Frederick Wheatley worked night and day to fathom the basic principles of the code and start tracking the German Navy's powerful East Asia Squadron, led by the brilliant Maximilian von Spee. Soon Melbourne was a hub of international Allied intelligence. This is the untold story of how a former Australian headmaster and his mostly female team cracked one of Germany's most complex codes, paving the way for the greatest Allied naval victory of World War I
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- [v], 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich" -- Cover
- Isbn
- 9781460756225
- Label
- Australian code breakers
- Title
- Australian code breakers
- Statement of responsibility
- James Phelps
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich. On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richardson boarded a German merchant vessel fleeing Melbourne's Port Phillip and audaciously seized a top-secret naval codebook. The fledgling Australian Navy had an opportunity to immediately change the course of the war. But what exactly had they found? Enter the Australian code breakers... Recruited by savvy top brass, maths whizz and German speaker Frederick Wheatley worked night and day to fathom the basic principles of the code and start tracking the German Navy's powerful East Asia Squadron, led by the brilliant Maximilian von Spee. Soon Melbourne was a hub of international Allied intelligence. This is the untold story of how a former Australian headmaster and his mostly female team cracked one of Germany's most complex codes, paving the way for the greatest Allied naval victory of World War I
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Phelps, James
- Dewey number
- 940.486
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- facsimiles
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- Cryptographers
- Cryptography
- Label
- Australian code breakers, James Phelps
- Note
- "The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich" -- Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066741920
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- [v], 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781460756225
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, facsimiles
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1127542855
- Label
- Australian code breakers, James Phelps
- Note
- "The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich" -- Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066741920
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- [v], 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781460756225
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, facsimiles
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1127542855
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