EPISODE · Dec 17, 2015 · 3 MIN
The Petard Pinch
from Bletchley Park · host Bletchley Park
December 2015A story full of heroism and tragedy is now told at Bletchley Park in a new mini exhibition.The Petard Pinch was the seizure of vital codebooks from a sinking U-Boat in which two young men drowned. But they didn’t die in vain - the intelligence treasures they captured were extremely valuable. They allowed the Codebreakers at Bletchley Park to break back into the naval Enigma network Shark, after a devastating ten month blackout.Image: Petard Crew 1942 ©The Petard Association#BPark, #Bletchleypark, #Enigma, #WW2, #History, #HMSPetard,
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The Petard Pinch
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