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Describe the Organisation and work of the people at Bletchley Park

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Describe the organisation and work of people at Bletchley Bletchley Park was the wartime station of the Government Code and Cipher School. It was organized into several huts and stations where different activities took place. Bletchley Park was the home to Britain's best code breakers and during the Second World War its main purpose became to break the German Enigma code, in order to help the Allied troops defeat Hitler. Bletchley Park was referred to by its code name, Station X and it was the base for code breaking. The Y stations were a number of wireless stations found all over Britain and in countries over seas. These stations intercepted messages and sent them back to Bletchley Park. Bletchley Park needed a structured system in which it could easily operate. An organization scheme was first proposed by Gordon Welchman. Welchman created huts in which different teams worked towards the cracking...

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