Australian Code Breakers Political History Versailles 1919 sets the ramifications

Versailles 1919 sets the ramifications of the Paris Peace treaties—for good or ill—within a long-term context

the individuals behind an epic event

In just over a year

as were the men who operated it in the same

the climax of a century of rapid

Australian Code Breakers Political History Versailles 1919 sets the ramificationsDescription by James Phelps Paperback 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