The most recommended military intelligence books

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Book cover of The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

Marlene Targ Brill Author Of Jane Addams: The Most Dangerous Woman in America

From my list on groundbreaking women in history.

Why am I passionate about this?

As the author of 73 published books, I have four goals for writing. I want to write more women into history, emphasize how everyday activities children accomplish are important, empower young readers, and tell a story that moves readers, either through an emotional response or the knowledge that they can do what whoever I wrote about did. My biographies cover role models who have been groundbreakers in their time and place. Readers can be, too.

Marlene's book list on groundbreaking women in history

Marlene Targ Brill Why did Marlene love this book?

 Today, Iā€™m told to ask a teenā€”or youngerā€”for help with technology. As war threatened all of Europe in 1941, Great Britain turned to a group of teenage women to break secret Nazi codes. The Brits hid away the teens during an operation at Bletchley Park that was so secret that participants, to this day, can't t talk about what they accomplished.

With Flemingā€™s strong writing and excellent research, the story of these other groundbreaking women comes alive.

By Candace Fleming,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Enigma Girls as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 8, 9, 10, and 11.

What is this book about?

From award-winning author Candace
Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave
and dedicated young women who helped turn the tides of World
War II for the Allies, with their hard work and determination at
Bletchley Park.
"You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire,
in four days time ... That is all you need to know." This was
the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British
Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged.
As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepairā€¦


Book cover of The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

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