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EPISODE · Mar 16, 2016 · 2 MIN

Its significance resonates down to today

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March 2016Dr David A Hatch, NSA Historian, explains the huge historic significance of the letter sent by General Dwight D Eisenhower, the five-star general in the United States Army during World War Two who served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, to the Chief of MI6, Stuart Menzies, at the end of the war, thanking him for the intelligence produced by Bletchley Park.In it, Eisenhower says “The intelligence … has saved thousands of British and American lives.” The letter is now on public display for the first time, at Bletchley Park.Visit Bletchley Park. It happened here. Open daily.Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust#BPark, #Bletchleypark, #Enigma, #WW2, #History

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