The story of the men that cracked the Nazi's Enigma code. From the Polish mathematicians who made the first breakthroughs to the establishment at Bletchley Park and the work of Alan Turing and many others.
Up Next in Season 1
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The Men who Sank the Bismarck
The story of the Nazi heavy cruisers and battleships during World War II and particularly the Bismarck. How she managed to get into the Atlantic and the steps taken to defeat her.
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The Man Who Saved Britain's Cities
The story of the blitz on Britain and how the Nazi bombers were guided to their targets by electronic beams - and how this was defeated in The Battle of the Beams by Dr R V Jones and the team from British Air Intelligence.
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The Man who Hoodwinked Hitler
The story of Ewen Montagu and Operation Mincemeat, where the Nazis were fooled into thinking that the initial landings on the European mainland would be through Greece rather than Sicily and Italy.
