Battle Of Midway Code Breaking Book

The attack on pearl harbor 70 years ago set in motion a series of battles in the pacific between the japanese and the united states. Originally published on december 8 2011 12 18 pm. This book is filled with footnotes and extremely well researched.

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That victory was possible in large part because of the work of a little known naval codebreaker named joe rochefort.

Battle of midway code breaking book. The battle of midway which ran from the fourth through seventh of june 1942 was one of the american military s biggest victories over the japanese navy during world war ii. It also explores rochefort s legacy primarily his pioneering role at pearl in which contrary to washington s wishes he reported directly to commander in chief us fleet providing actionable intelligence without any delays and enabling codebreaking to play the key role it did in the battle of midway. But he says it does explain why american decision makers and. Code breaking alone doesn t explain the stunning allied victory in the battle of midway june 4 7 1942 according to symonds.

And japanese navies in world war ii. The main japanese naval code the navy general operational code dubbed jn25 by the u s had a code book of 90 000 words and phrases. It all came down to the jn 25b book cipher. The battle of midway is an excellent account of not only the battle of midway but also the battle of the coral sea u s.

Ultimately this book is aimed at bringing joe rochefort to life as the irreverent fiercely independent and consequential officer that he was. Surprised and defeated the japanese in the battle of midway. His pre war experience in japan is absolutely fascinating with great drama that is better than a hollywood movie. The codebreaker who made midway victory possible a turning point in world war ii came in june 1942 when the u s.

Even when the superencipherment was stripped to reveal the code groups nine character combinations in the case of jn25. He was at pearl harbor at the time of the attack on december 7 1941 and he was a key man in code breaking in the pacific theater for the rest of the war. How american codebreakers helped win the battle of midway 75 years ago. The battle of midway in the three months following the pearl harbor attack the japanese invasion fleet rampaged over southeastern asia and the islands of the western pacific.

Surprised and defeated the japanese fleet in the battle of midway. Code breaking and the evolution of both the u s. The turning point in the pacific came in june 1942 when the u s.