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Once the top-secret Home of the Codebreakers. 📅 Open daily. ⬇️ Book tickets online!
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❤️ Yesterday, we welcomed 18 wonderful Veterans who worked at Bletchley Park during WW2 to return to the once top-secret site for the Annual Veterans’ Reunion.
Aged between 97 to (almost) 102, Veterans enjoyed an afternoon tea in the Mansion, spending time together, with family
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#ONTHISDAY
, 23 JUNE 1912 🗓
Alan Turing was born. Today would have been his 108th birthday.
Today we will be celebrating Turing's work and sharing insights from our archives.
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** D-Day Live Twitter Takeover **
This Thursday
#DDay75
, we will be live tweeting a minute-by-minute account of decrypted German Naval Enigma messages intercepted on site during the 6 June 1944 operation…
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HRH The Duchess of Cambridge met with next generation of budding codebreakers (aka visiting school children) taking part in our new interactive STEM learning activities
#BletchleyPark
#DDay75
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Another secret is out...
If you search for ‘Bletchley Park’ in Google, it will first scramble the letters and then proceed to decode it.
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Today we remember the talented singer and actress, Olivia Newton-John, who has sadly passed away.
We caught up with Olivia in 2019 to reminisce about her father, Brinley Newton-John, who was one of the WW2 Codebreakers.
📸 Courtesy of Olivia Newton-John for ULTRA issue 13.
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We have some more good news to share - Bletchley Park has received a generous donation of £1m from
@Facebook
.
This vital support will contribute to our ongoing work and help mitigate the financial impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the Trust.
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Today marks 70 years since the death of the amazing mathematician, computer scientist and cryptanalyst, Alan Turing.
Turing was a pioneer of computer science, with his research and ideas building the foundations for what we know today as Artificial Intelligence.
But how did
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01001100 01101111 01110110 01100101
@TiaKofi
breaking all the codes!
Come and visit us in your fabulous codebreaking suit when we open! 😍🏳️🌈
@dragraceukbbc
#DragRaceUK2
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Celebrating the remarkable achievements of the
@bletchleypark
Codebreakers at our annual Veterans’ Reunion… in the sunshine! ☕️🍰😎
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The
@bankofengland
has unveiled the new £50 note which features Bletchley Park Codebreaker, Alan Turing.
Stay tuned today as we share more about
#TheNew50
and Turing’s life and work. The note enters circulation on 23 June 2021 on Turing’s birthday.
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Yesterday, we welcomed 18 Bletchley Park WW2 Veterans to return for the Annual Veterans’ Reunion.
A big thank you to
@jordanpettitt
for these wonderful photos of the event!👇
Codebreaking veterans reunite as they return to the scene of their wartime service at the annual Bletchley Park reunion at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, once the top-secret home of the World War Two Codebreakers
@PA
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Alan Turing - the greatest icon of the 20th century 🙌🏼
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Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
!
At its peak in 1945, of the 8,988 people working at Bletchley Park, 6,757 were women. Few were older than 24.
Today we’ll be celebrating some of those women and their achievements. Follow along with
#WomenAtBletchleyPark
#IWD2021
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May 1944, 79 years ago, over 2 million men waited for D-Day on the south coast.
In the run up to D-Day, Bletchley Park played an integral role in the success of Operation Overlord, creating detailed intelligence reports which aided Allied preparations.
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We're delighted that
@bankofengland
has today announced that Bletchley Park Codebreaker, AI pioneer and LGBTQ+ icon Alan Turing will be the new face of the £50 note.
More on our website here
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On this day, we remember all those who have served during conflict.
We remember those who worked at Bletchley Park during World War Two. Individuals who could not utter a word of their work outside of these walls.
#LestWeForget
#Remembrance
#RemembranceDay
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We're deeply sad to announce that as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Bletchley Park Trust is about to enter a period of consultation around a restructuring proposal.
Around a third of our staff have been placed at risk of redundancy.
Read more:
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#OnThisDay
in 1954, Alan Turing died. Turing was an amazing mathematician, computer scientist and cryptanalyst whose contribution to Bletchley Park, and computing, will never be forgotten.
“Those who can imagine anything, can create the impossible.”
📷 Hut 11A
#BletchleyPark
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We were delighted to surprise HRH The Duchess of Cambridge with two bricks dedicated to her Veteran relatives (her grandmother and Great Aunt) on our Codebreakers’ Wall
#BletchleyPark
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Today we remember all those who have served during conflict, especially those who worked under the shroud of secrecy at Bletchley Park during World War Two.
#LestWeForget
#Remembrance
#RemembranceDay
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We would like to wish HRH The Duchess of Cambridge a very happy birthday!🥳
We were honoured to welcome HRH to Bletchley Park in May last year to celebrate the opening of our new D-Day exhibition.
Relive the Royal visit in this video ➡️
@KensingtonRoyal
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Happy International Women’s Day!
Today, we are celebrating the individual contributions made by women working for Bletchley Park during World War Two.
Learn about their story and the impact they made by booking your visit to Bletchley Park today!
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Today on what would have been his 109th birthday, the
@bankofengland
’s new £50 note featuring Bletchley Park Codebreaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing enters circulation.
Follow our
#Turing50Takeover
to learn more about this remarkable man.
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#OnThisDay
in 1912, brilliant Codebreaker, genius computer scientist, and LGBT+ figure, Alan Turing was born.
As we remember his remarkable life, and tragic death, what does Alan Turing mean to you?
#ThanksAlan
#genius
#neverforget
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ON THIS DAY, 7 JUNE 1954 🗓
Alan Turing died. An amazing mathematician, computer scientist and cryptanalyst, Turing contributed to the work at Bletchley Park and his later work laid the foundations for modern computing and artificial intelligence.
What does Turing mean to you?
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On Sunday 3 September, we were delighted to welcome 17 Veterans who worked for Bletchley Park during World War Two back to this historic site for a very special Veterans’ Reunion.
You can read a bit more about the reunion here 👇
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Today marks the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Poland by Germany, triggering the start of World War Two.
We invite all visitors to pause at our Polish memorial, and think of the Polish codebreakers who shared vital intel on Enigma just weeks before war was declared
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The
@bankofengland
has kindly gifted Bletchley Park a special £50 note bearing the serial number AA01 001941. It marks the year that Turing’s methods led to Bletchley Park's ability to regularly break the famous four-rotor Naval Enigma cipher.
#Turing50Takeover
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➖➖ ⚫️ ⚫️➖⚫️ ⚫️➖⚫️ ➖⚫️➖➖ / ➖⚫️➖⚫️ ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️ ⚫️➖⚫️ ⚫️⚫️ ⚫️⚫️⚫️ ➖ ➖➖ ⚫️➖ ⚫️⚫️⚫️
#MerryChristmas
from Bletchley Park Trust
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…We’ll share insights on Bletchley Park’s role after D-Day over the coming weeks.
For now, thank you to everyone who has joined us for our
#DDay75
Twitter Takeover.
This is a moment in world history that we have been honoured to share with you.
#LestWeForget
#NeverAgain
#peace
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In 1944, more than 75% of BP Codebreakers were women and the achievements made here during WW2 would not have been possible without them. Yet, due to the secrecy of their work, it took decades before our
#WomenInScience
were recognised - visit us to learn their stories 👩🔬
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Tomorrow
@bankofengland
will launch a new Alan Turing £50 note. We'll be marking the day with a
#Turing50Takeover
.
📽️ Here's a look back at what Turing's nephew Sir Dermot Turing thought when the new note was first announced:
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And we’re open! 🌞🎉
Great to welcome our first visitors back today. We’ve missed you!
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111 years ago
#OnThisDay
, 23 June 1912, Alan Turing was born.
#Turing
joined Bletchley Park in Sept 1939 & later became Head of Hut 8.
Hut 8 tackled German naval
#Enigma
, with the first break into the main naval Enigma, codenamed
#Dolphin
, in early 1941.
#Pride
#PrideMonth
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#OnThisDay
1912 Alan Turing was born. One of Bletchley Park’s leading cryptanalysts as well as a founder of the science of artificial intelligence. Learn his incredible story in our Block B exhibtion and Hut 11A: The Bombe Breakthrough.
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Just saying.
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We are pleased to announce that Bletchley Park has received £447,000 from the
#CultureRecoveryFund
.
We are so grateful for the support. This funding will go some way to help our financial recovery from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
#HereForCulture
@DCMS
@ace_national
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Congratulations to Bletchley Park Veteran Charlotte 'Betty' Webb, who was presented today with the Légion d’honneur, France’s highest civilian and military honour. Betty indexed German signals and worked on Japanese Codes during WW2.
#Legiondhonneur
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There is something oddly satisfying about hearing a Bombe machine tick as its drums go round, don't you think?
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Today for
#AdaLovelaceDay
, a day to celebrate women in
#STEM
and their contributions, we would like to acknowledge the amazing women who worked at Bletchley Park during WW2 - making up over 3/4 of the workforce.
Pictures from Hut 11A: The Bombe Breakthrough
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The work of Polish Cryptanalysts Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski & Jerzy Różycki provided vital groundwork into the initial breaks of the
#Enigma
cipher.
This work along with their
#Bomba
machine, was influential in inspiring Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman's
#Bombe
machine.
#OnThisDay
in 1940, Polish cryptologist Marian Rejewski broke the Enigma code in the presence of Alan Turing during their meeting in Paris. 🇵🇱🇬🇧🇫🇷
#EnigmaRelay
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Today is Remembrance Sunday, a day to remember all those who served during conflict.
Earlier this year, we conducted vital groundwork close to the Mansion. Disturbing the soil resulted in these lovely poppies growing.
#RemembranceSunday
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We are delighted to welcome HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
@KensingtonRoyal
to Bletchley Park today to view our new D-Day: Interception, Intelligence, Invasion exhibition.
During her visit she will meet four Bletchley Park Veterans and Year 6 students from
@Akeley_Wood
.
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#didyouknow
that a three rotor Enigma cipher machine with a 10 cable plugboard has 103,325,660,891,587,134,000,000 possible key settings?
#Enigma
#cipher
#codebreaking
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On this day 1940🗓
The Government Code & Cypher School made its first wartime break of a German Enigma message at Bletchley Park.
Join us today for an
#Enigma80
Twitter Takeover! ⚙️
#BletchleyParkEnigma80
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We are saddened to hear of the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and are flying our flag at half-mast as a mark of respect.
The Duke visited Bletchley Park in 2011, accompanying Her Majesty The Queen, to unveil the Bletchley Park memorial.
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HRH The Duchess of Cambridge meeting our Veterans - Rena Stewart, Georgina Rose, Elizabeth Diacon & Audrey Mather in the Mansion
#BletchleyPark
#DDay75
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Join us on Wednesday 22 January for an
#Enigma80
Twitter Takeover to mark 80 years since the first wartime British break of Enigma⚙️
We will be sharing stories of the teamwork that made it happen, from the Polish to the Codebreakers at Bletchley Park.
#BletchleyParkEnigma80
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"This is, without a doubt, one of the most remarkable finds we have ever had at Bletchley Park."
Discover the story of the newly discovered and only known wartime footage of any site linked to Bletchley Park⬇️
#TheHiddenFilm
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#OnThisDay
110 years ago, on 23 June 1912, Alan Turing was born.
Working as one of the lead Codebreakers at Bletchley Park,
#Turing
made vital contributions to the Allied war effort.
From his work on
#Enigma
, to innovations like the
#Bombe
machine.
#PrideMonth
#Pride
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We are very much looking forward to welcoming back the Duchess of Cambridge tomorrow. Keeping our fingers crossed for this beautiful sun to stay! We will be open as normal, however some areas may close early. please check our website for more details
The Duchess of Cambridge will visit
@BletchleyPark
on Tuesday 14th May to view a special D-Day exhibition in the newly restored Teleprinter Building, marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings
#DDay75
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#OnThisDay
in 1917, mathematician and Bletchley Park Codebreaker Joan Clarke was born.
Selected and recruited by Gordon Welchman, Clarke arrived at Bletchley Park in June 1940 and started work in the Naval Enigma section, based in Hut 8.
Her mathematical skills saw her promoted
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🇵🇱 The Polish Memorial remembers the Polish Mathematicians - Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy Różycki - who broke the first wartime German Enigma message and shared information with British and French intelligence.
#LestWeForget
@PolishEmbassyUK
#EnigmaRelay
(2/2)
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Bletchley Park is privileged to have been chosen as the site of the first global AI Safety Summit, hosted by the UK Government.
#BletchleyParkAI
#AISafetySummit
#AISummit
#Summit
#Colossus
#Turing
#ArtificialIntelligence
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This is an Enigma machine.
More specifically, it's a modified Army & Air Force Enigma I.
The Enigma I was the most common model of Enigma in use by the Germans during WW2. But this specific machine is a rare survivor, due to its modifications.
#Enigma
#BletchleyPark
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Alan Turing loved tea so much he chained his mug to the radiator to stop it being stolen. Visit his office at
#BletchleyPark
#NationalTeaDay
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We welcomed our Patron, HRH the Duke of Kent, to Bletchley Park today to see our newest developments.
HRH was given a tour of our latest exhibitions, visited our Collection Centre, and our new Block E Learning Centre.
HRH also met with members of the team from Bletchley Park.
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Alan Turing is synonymous with Bletchley Park and the Enigma cipher system.
But what do you know about his work before and during World War Two?
Visit the link below to find out a little bit more about this famous Codebreaker 🔗
#AlanTuring
#Enigma
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We were honoured to be visited by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday to officially celebrate the opening of the newly restored Teleprinter Building & D-Day exhibition, sponsored by BT. HRH also took part in our education activities and met with Veterans
#BletchleyPark
#DDay75
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Today we remember all of the men and women who served in secrecy at Bletchley Park and its Outstations during World War Two.
You might not be able to visit us today, but please pause with us for a moment of reflection at 11am.
#LestWeForget
#RemembranceDay
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Betty Webb was surprised when the Légion d’honneur arrived in the post the day before her birthday! Today Betty was formally presented with the award and was "totally shocked and amazed but pleased to be one of the Bletchley Park Veterans that have now received this award.”
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On this day in 2013, Alan Turing was given a posthumous royal pardon for his 1952 conviction of gross indecency.
You can see a signed copy of the apology letter from the then Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in our Museum in Block B ⬇️
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78 years ago on 8 May 1945 was VE Day (Victory in Europe Day).
The letter 'V' was used 3 times to start and end transmissions sent on this monumental day.
Use this link to watch this Wheatstone system in action 👇
@theRSGB
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#OnThisDay
in 1941, the first Bombe Operators arrived at Bletchley Park.
Hut 11A is now home to The Bombe Breakthrough, an exhibition that tells the story of the Bombe machines in the actual building that housed them!
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80 years ago in 1943, a vital new block opened at Bletchley Park.
Block E, the new communications centre, housed hundreds of machines from typewriters to teleprinters & handled most of BP's comms traffic.
Listen to our latest podcast all about Block E 👇
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80 years ago this month, November 1939.
🗺️ A map recovered from a crashed German aircraft allowed Bletchley Park to understand the ‘Bomber Grid’ referred to in air-ground messages, aiding in the breaking of several minor Luftwaffe codes.
#KnowledgeIsPower
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This floor-to-ceiling diagram, known as a Morrison Wall, was created by Bletchley Park's SIXTA team.
SIXTA were tasked with mapping enemy communications, figuring out who was talking to who.
You can find out more about SIXTA over on our podcast ⬇️
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During World War Two,
#Women
made significant contributions to Britain's war effort, and at Bletchley Park it was no different.
At it's peak of operations, Bletchley Park had nearly 9,000 members of staff, 75% of which were women.
#InternationalWomensDay
#WomensDay
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We are delighted to welcome Veteran Betty Webb on site today! Betty worked on Japanese codes during WW2 and was awarded an MBE in 2015 for her service to remembering and promoting the work of Bletchley Park.
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Don't miss out on seeing an Avro Lancaster fly over Bletchley Park today!
The Lancaster is due to fly over at 15.23
Please refer to the BBMF webpage for updates to this schedule 👇
#Avro
#Lancaster
#Flypast
#Flyover
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Happy
#InternationalWomensDay2020
!
In March 1945, 75% of the Bletchley Park workforce were female. Today we celebrate the individual contributions made by women working for Bletchley Park during WW2. Together, their actions made a huge impact.
#EachForEqual
#SheWritesHistory
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The secret is out! 🎉
Following breaking news this lunchtime, we are thrilled to announce that Bletchley Park will reopen on Saturday 4 July.
We have been working hard behind the scenes to ensure the safety of all our visitors and team when we reopen.
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Starting from 00:58 and ending at 23:38 on 6 June, 182 messages will be posted here throughout the day – find out more about the Twitter takeover here:
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You’ve heard of Alan Turing, but what about Bill Tutte?
In this episode of the podcast you'll discover Tutte's vital contributions at Bletchley Park and how he helped crack Germany’s most secure encryption machine, the Lorenz SZ40 and later SZ42.
🎧
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This week we had the pleasure of welcoming back HRH The Duchess of Cambridge to officially celebrate the opening of the newly restored Teleprinter Building and D-Day exhibition, sponsored by BT. Visit for more information.
#DDay75
#BletchleyPark
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Thank you to everyone who has followed, commented and shared our
#DDay75
Live Tweets. It’s been an incredibly humbling experience seeing so many of you engage with the Bletchley Park Codebreakers’ (D-Day) story.
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Helen Andrews was one of the youngest at Bletchley Park when she arrived from South America aged 17. At 92, she has only just started talking about her experiences.
Watch Helen speak about coming to Bletchley Park on
@BBCNews
⬇️
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On this day, 30 Oct 1942, German U-559 was attacked in the western Mediterranean and began to sink.
As it's crew abandoned ship, three crewmen from HMS Petard, Lt. Antony Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier and Canteen Assistant Tommy Brown, swam towards it.
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Hut 3 Headline!
This intelligence report is from 6 June 1944, D-Day.
Intercepted traffic picked up that Germany noticed the landings in Normandy but perhaps didn't realise its importance.
🧵1/3
#DDay
#DDay79
#OperationNeptune
#OperationOverlord
#DYK
#Enigma
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We were delighted to welcome two of our Veterans, Charlotte 'Betty' Webb and Arthur Maddocks, to Bletchley Park yesterday!
Charlotte indexed German signals and paraphrased Japanese signals. Arthur worked on the Lorenz cipher used by German high command in the Testery in Block F.
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We are delighted to have HRH The Duchess of Cambridge with us today to view the new
#DDay
exhibition. Here with our CEO, Iain Standen and BT Chairman, Jan du Plessis and colleagues in the newly restored Teleprinter Building
#bletchleypark
#DDay75
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#OnThisDay
in 1944, as thousands of Allied troops wait in the channel, Eric Jones, Leader of Hut 3, sends his team a memo;
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6 June 1944
#DDay77
The largest amphibious invasion in history.
Teams at Bletchley Park collated vital intelligence to help the Allies plan the campaign, continuing on D-Day and in the days and weeks after.
Find out more:
@GCHQ
@TheDDayStory
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We were delighted to welcome Veteran Ruth Bourne on site yesterday! Ruth worked as a Bombe Operator and Checker during WW2, and was awarded the Legion d'honneur in 2018 for her service at Bletchley Park.
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In January 1945 Bletchley Park’s (BP) workforce peaked at nearly 9,000
But
#DidYouKnow
that 75% of these individuals were women?
From operating machines like
#Colossus
to decrypting and indexing enemy messages, women played an integral role at BP.
#InternationalWomensDay
🧵👇
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HRH The Duchess of Cambridge arriving at the Teleprinter Building and meeting school children
#BletchleyPark
#Day75
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