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May this codebreakers wall inspire all who visit to work for peace for the sake of future generations. A significant proportion of these were recruited from the womens services. The codes and ciphers of many countries were broken here, such as messages from the german enigma, the geheimschreiber and the lorenz sz4042 machines. It is a testament to the remarkable and mysterious work during world war ii that made it a place worth saving. But inside bletchley park, a world war ii code breaking enclave in the english countryside of buckinghamshire, 18yearold ruth bourne had discovered a vital piece of intelligence. The remainder were recruited through the civil service. Bletchley park is an estate in the town of bletchley, milton keynes uk. By 1945, 75% of the staff of bletchley park were women, and of these six out of ten were in uniform. Pdf the great expectations allied codebreakers against. Hugh denham, bedfordbletchleykilindinicolombo, in f. Jun 28, 2017 bletchley park s codebreakers were actively encouraged to fall in love with each other because authorities thought it would help the war effort, a historian has revealed. May 07, 2014 female codebreakers reunited at bletchley park women who helped crack hitlers secret codes by operating the colossus computer meet once again at bletchley park after seeing their picture in the. The observer what makes codebreakers so absorbing is that it has been written by the men and women who worked at bletchley park, all of whom were forbidden to talk about their work at the time.