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Secret Duties of a Signals Interceptor: Working with Bletchley Park, the SDS and the OSS
Jenny Nater
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Description for Secret Duties of a Signals Interceptor: Working with Bletchley Park, the SDS and the OSS
Hardback. A highly evocative memoir, penned by a former member of the top-secret Special Duties service. It tells the story of her war in covert intelligence, intercepting traffic from German surface craft in the English Channel and reporting her findings back to Bletchley Park. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBWQ; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 556.
The Second World War upended many lives, disrupting patterns and routines and bringing an array of terrifying new dangers with it. For Jenny Nater, the war brought great sadness but also opportunity. Like many women left behind on the home front during the war, she found herself in an unforeseen scenario in which her talents could be put to an unexpected use. But her war was destined to play out almost entirely in secret.Jenny served as a bilingual wireless operator in the top-secret Special Duties service (Y) at Dover, intercepting traffic from German surface craft in the English Channel and ... Read more
The Second World War upended many lives, disrupting patterns and routines and bringing an array of terrifying new dangers with it. For Jenny Nater, the war brought great sadness but also opportunity. Like many women left behind on the home front during the war, she found herself in an unforeseen scenario in which her talents could be put to an unexpected use. But her war was destined to play out almost entirely in secret.Jenny served as a bilingual wireless operator in the top-secret Special Duties service (Y) at Dover, intercepting traffic from German surface craft in the English Channel and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
555g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473887121
SKU
V9781473887121
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Ref
99-1
About Jenny Nater
Jenny Nater served as a bilingual wireless operator in the top-secret Special Duties service (Y) at Dover during the Second World War, intercepting traffic from German surface craft in the English Channel and reporting it back to Bletchley Park (X). This is the story of her secret war in covert intelligence and the life changing relationships she formed whilst simultaneously ... Read more
Reviews for Secret Duties of a Signals Interceptor: Working with Bletchley Park, the SDS and the OSS
The extraordinary life and work of Jenny Nater is laid bare in this brilliant set of memoirs - there are ladies still living who worked at Bletchley Park during the war, ladies whose duties during those years have never been revealed - I believe we are privileged to have Jenny's memoirs now to hand. Reads like a thriller in places... ... Read more