Breaking Japanese Diplomatic Codes: David Sissons and D Special Section during the Second World War
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Auteur
Ball, Desmond
Tamura, Keiko
Language
EnglishRésumé
During the Second World War, Australia maintained a super-secret organisation, the Diplomatic (or `D’) Special Section, dedicated to breaking Japanese diplomatic codes. The Section has remained officially secret as successive Australian Governments have consistently refused to admit that Australia ever intercepted diplomatic communications, even in war-time. This book recounts the history of the Special Section and describes its code-breaking activities. It was a small but very select organisation, whose `technical’
Keywords
world war 2; cryptography; Australia; Cipher; Empire of Japan; GCHQ; London; Multiple encryption; Russia; TokyoPublisher
ANU PressPublisher website
http://press.anu.edu.auPublication date and place
Canberra, 2013Classification
Coding theory and cryptology
Second World War
Modern warfare
c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period)