The Real Enigma Heroes

Phil Shanahan

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9780752457857
• eBook ISBN:
  9780750987004
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Political Biographies
• Index: History

For almost sixty years after their deaths, three men, whose brave actions shortened the Second World War by as much as two years, remained virtually unknown and uncelebrated. Two lost their lives retrieving vital German codebooks from a sinking U-boat. The third survived the war, only to die in a house fire soon afterwards. But it was the precious documents they seized in October 1942 that enabled Bletchley Park's code-breakers to crack Enigma and so win the Battle of the Atlantic. Now recognised as a pivotal moment in world history, three British servicemen made it possible to finally beat the U-boats, but at the time not even their families could be told of the importance of their deeds. Shrouded in secrecy for decades, then recast as fictional Americans by the Hollywood film U-571, this book sets the record straight. It is written in celebration of Colin Grazier GC, Tony Fasson GC, and Tommy Brown GM - the REAL Enigma heroes.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Author
• Acknowledgements
• Prologue
• Chapter One Nobody More Deserving
• Chapter Two Thrilled To Get a German
• Chapter Three He Calls us ‘Suckers’
• Chapter Four Hitler’s Chances Dented
• Chapter Five Herald v. Hollywood
• Chapter Six An Outstanding Leader of Men
• Chapter Seven They Fly Forgotten
• Chapter Eight In All Its Shining Glory
• Chapter Nine A Hit With the Girls
• Chapter Ten A Musical Tribute
• Chapter Eleven Comic’s World Exclusive
• Chapter Twelve That Deadly Weapon – Soap
• Chapter Thirteen The Highest Decoration
• Chapter Fourteen Hands Off Our History
• Chapter Fifteen Champions of England
• Chapter Sixteen The Tide Turns
• Chapter Seventeen Stars Shine for Heroes
• Chapter Eighteen Our Tommy
• Chapter Nineteen On the Map At Last
• Chapter Twenty Welcome to the Hotel Colin Grazier
• Chapter Twenty-one Taking Fight to War Museum
• Chapter Twenty-two A Lucky Ship
• Chapter Twenty-three They Got More Than Codebooks
• Chapter Twenty-four A Window Opens
• Chapter Twenty-five A Monumental Moment
• Chapter Twenty-six A Corner of England Forever Germany
• Chapter Twenty-seven Anchors Aweigh
• Chapter Twenty-eight Raise Your Glasses
• Chapter Twenty-nine Grazier Day
• Chapter Thirty Hut 8
• Chapter Thirty-one A Full House
• Epilogue
• Bibliography