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Amid World War II’s chaos, a hidden battle rages — a war of espionage, deception, and codebreaking. At Bletchley Park, Alan Turing and his team race to crack Germany's "unbreakable" Enigma Code in a bid to thwart Nazi plans and save Britain from invasion. But as the codes evolve, daring missions and deadly risks intensify…
This episode features interviews with (in order of appearance):
- Dan Snow, historian and broadcaster
- Robert Citino, senior historian, National WWII Museum
- David O’Keefe, professor, Marianopolis College
- Nicholas Reynolds, historian and former CIA officer
- David Abrutat, Official Historian, GCHQ
- Sir Dermot Turing, writer and speaker
- Matthew Hefler, intelligence historian, King’s College London
- Tessa Dunlop, historian and author
- Guy Walters, historian and author
- Katrin Paehler, professor, Illinois State University
- Robert Hutchinson, intelligence historian
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