ENDNOTES

Chapter 1

i. Hugh Cleland Hoy, 40 OB, or How the War Was Won

ii. The meaning of ‘asches’ has not been identified, and the nearest guess is that it refers to Asdic, the antisubmarine sonar device that was a major Allied secret weapon. Bulky and complex, it would have been necessary to destroy the device physically in situ to prevent it falling into enemy hands.

Chapter 2

i. Mrs FE Clark

ii. Jean Thompson, WRNS

Chapter 3

i. RJ Drury

Chapter 4

i. Adolf Hitler

ii. Peter Twinn, Bletchley Park

Chapter 5

i. FW Winterbotham (The Ultra Secret, Futura, 1975)

Chapter 6

i. Dwight Eisenhower

ii. Erik Hazelhoff

Chapter 7

i. Anonymous American officer

Chapter 8

i. FW Winterbotham: The Ultra Secret