Breaking Japanese Diplomatic Codes: David Sissons and D Special Section during the Second World War

• Tác giả: Desmond Ball, Keiko Tamura
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: Canberra ANU Press 2013
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 234528
• Chủ đề: 1. Coding theory & cryptology; 2. Second World War

Tóm tắt

During the Second World War, Australia maintained a super-secret organisation, the Diplomatic (or `D') Special Section, dedicated to breaking Japanese diplomatic codes. The Section has remained officially secret as successive Australian Governments have consistently refused to admit that Australia ever intercepted diplomatic communications, even in war-time. This book recounts the history of the Special Section and describes its code-breaking activities. It was a small but very select organisation, whose `technical'