Secret UK women's code-cracking army gets belated recognition for WWII work
During World War II, dozens of women Cambridge University students worked around the clock in complete secrecy to crack Nazi codes but only now are the unsung heroes getting recognition. At least 77 women from the women-only Newnham College were drafted to Bletchley Park, the code-breaking centre north of London widely acknowledged to have played a key role in bringing down Adolf Hitler. "They lived with the anonymity of it. And nobody was ever able to say thank you," says Sally Waugh, a former Newnham student and teacher whose research uncovered the story of the Cambridge women.
During World War II, dozens of women Cambridge University students worked around the clock in complete secrecy to crack Nazi codes but only now are the unsung heroes getting recognition. At least 77 women from the women-only Newnham College were drafted to Bletchley Park, the code-breaking centre north of London widely acknowledged to have played a key role in bringing down Adolf Hitler. "They lived with the anonymity of it. And nobody was ever able to say thank you," says Sally Waugh, a former Newnham student and teacher whose research uncovered the story of the Cambridge women.
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