Sunday, April 3, 2011

Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945



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In 1942, with a black-market chicken tucked under his arm by his mother, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as a cryptographer of genius, he became head of communications at the Special Operations Executive (SOE), where he revolutionized the codemaking techniques of the Allies and trained some of the most famous agents dropped into occupied Europe. As a top codemaker,... More >>

Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945

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