A game of birds and wolves the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II

"The triumphant true story of the young women who helped to devise the winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic." -- From book jacket.

Main Author: Parkin, Simon (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
Edition: First US edition.
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Summary: "The triumphant true story of the young women who helped to devise the winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic." -- From book jacket.
Item Description: First published in Great Britain in November 2019 by Sceptre" -- Title page verso.
Physical Description: 309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and index.
ISBN: 9780316492096
0316492094
Author Notes: Simon Parkin is an award-winning British writer and journalist. He is a contributing writer for the New Yorker , game critic for the Observer newspaper, and a regular contributor to the Guardian 's Long Read. He is the recipient of two awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, and his work has been featured in The Best American Nonrequired Reading . He lives on the south coast of England.