The First Bletchley Park : New exhibition reveals the secrets of Room 40

30 July 2015

The First Bletchley Park : New exhibition reveals the secrets of Room 40 
where codebreakers became the hidden heroes who won World War One

- Room 40, the Government's top secret listening post, paved the way for 
  the Government Code and Cypher School
- That school was based at Bletchley Park, where codebreaker Alan Turing  
  was based during World War Two
- Admiralty intelligence department decoded Zimmerman telegram, which 
  proved German's hostility to the US
- Exhibition marks role Room 40 - where legendary codebreaker Dilly Knox 
  worked - had in ending World War One

By Steph Cockroft for MailOnline

The fascinating work executed by genius codebreakers at Bletchley Park 
during World War Two is now the stuff of legend, thanks in no small part 
to Benedict Cumberbatch's performance in the award-winning Imitation Game.

But perhaps the most crucial - and relatively untold - story in Britain's 
codebreaking history is that of Room 40, an organisation which intercepted 
and deciphered a series of German messages during World War One which 
dramatically changed the course of the bloody conflict.

The organisation, the Government's top secret listening post, carried out 
decoding work which paved the way for the the now-famous Bletchley Park, 
where crucial intelligence exploits was carried out behind closed doors to 
defeat the Nazis.

Now, a new exhibition has opened at the Buckinghamshire manor house which 
provides an insight into life at the Admiralty's intelligence department 
during the early 1900s as some of Britain's most famed eccentrics gathered 
to deduce enemy tactics..../snip/


- "The Road to Bletchley Park, Codebreaking in World War One"
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  at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes 


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