The Intelligence Zone - Biggins, Alan A
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London - May 1940 Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain at a terrifying time. The German armies who had trounced his troops in France were massing to follow them across the narrow Straits of Dover. How could his broken armies stop them? This looked like the end for Britain. A new Dark Age was dawning. Before a sombre parliament, Churchill told his country that all he could offer them was 'blood, sweat, toil and tears.' Unusually for the great orator, Winston was missing something. He should have added brains. For scientific advances and discoveries were made in Britain which…mehr

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London - May 1940 Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain at a terrifying time. The German armies who had trounced his troops in France were massing to follow them across the narrow Straits of Dover. How could his broken armies stop them? This looked like the end for Britain. A new Dark Age was dawning. Before a sombre parliament, Churchill told his country that all he could offer them was 'blood, sweat, toil and tears.' Unusually for the great orator, Winston was missing something. He should have added brains. For scientific advances and discoveries were made in Britain which would blunt the Nazi attack and be critical to Allied victory. They would, indeed, be cornerstones of our post-war world. Most of those advances were made in 'The Intelligence Zone' - an area of England as important in world history as any place on our planet. This book tells what those advances were and how they saved Britain. It is a tale of drama, achievement and sometimes terror, often told in the words of those who lived through it.
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After serving in the Royal Air Force, Alan Biggins moved into the (then infant) world of computing. There he specialised in the installation of trans-European systems for international (mainly American) clients.His travels developed his interest in military history, as well as German beer and French food (but not the other way around).While in Britain, he was the I.T. Manager for the Milton Keynes Development Corporation, the body which oversaw the building of that new English city. Bletchley Park lies within 'M.K'. Alan walks a lot; and while exploring the area came upon many sites related to the war; and especially to communications, computing, spies and the special forces.Discovering how this treasure trove of sites were linked together; and how they related to Europe and America, resulted in his book The Intelligence Zone and its sequel A New World after Pearl.www.theintelligencezone.com