Eavesdropping on the Emperor : interrogators and codebreakers in Britain's war with Japan

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Eavesdropping on the Emperor : interrogators and codebreakers in Britain's war with Japan

Title remainder

interrogators and codebreakers in Britain's war with Japan

Statement of responsibility

Peter Kornicki

Creator

• Kornicki, Peter F., (Peter Francis)

Subject

• Translating and interpreting -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Communications
• Japanese language -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Language
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography

Language

eng

Summary

When Japanese signals were decoded at Bletchley Park, who translated them into English? When Japanese soldiers were taken as prisoners of war, who interrogated them? When Japanese maps and plans were captured on the battlefield, who deciphered them for Britain? When Great Britain found itself at war with Japan in December 1941, there was a linguistic battle to be fought - but Britain was hopelessly unprepared. 'Eavesdropping on the Emperor' traces the men and women with a talent for languages who were put on crash courses in Japanese, and unfolds the history of their war.--

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• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.