E180 - Dire Straits

June 2025In May 1945 the Royal Navy fought its last surface action against the Japanese fleet, sinking the cruiser Haguro in the Mallaca Strait, off the coast of Malaya.The successful location of the enemy ship was the result of signals intelligence. It was also a product of the sophisticated network built up by Britain, the USA and Australia after 1943 to intercept, decipher and distribute intelligence around the Pacific and Indian Oceans.In this ‘It Happened Here’ episode, we are joined by Bletchley Park’s Research Historian Dr David Kenyon to discuss the role of the Codebreakers in this milestone on the road to ultimate victory over Japan in 1945.This episode features Veteran Edward Simpson from our Oral History archive.Our thanks go to Dr Ben Thompson and Owen Moogan for voicing our historical documents.Image: Public Domain#BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #Enigma,