In his bestselling Station X, Michael Smith brought us the astonishing true story of the breaking of the Enigma Code. In The Emperor's Codes, he continues the tale as he examines how Japan's codes were broken and explores the consequences for the Second World War. The Emperor's Codes tells the stories of John Tiltman, the eccentric British soldier turned codebreaker who made many of the early breaks into Japanese diplomatic and military codes; Eric Nave, the Australian sailor recruited to work for the British who pioneered breakthroughs in Japanese naval codes; and Hiroshi Oshima, the hard-drinking Japanese ambassador to Berlin whose candid reports to Tokyo of his conversations with Hitler and other high-ranking Nazis were a major source of intelligence in the war against Germany. Many of these revelations have been made possible only thanks to recently declassified British files, privileged access to Australian secret official histories and interviews with an unprecedented number of British, American and Australian codebreakers.

About the Author
Michael Smith, former codebreaker and Sunday Times defence correspondent, is one of the world's leading experts on Britain's spies. He is the author of the number one bestseller Station X, Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews and Six: A History of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service. His book The Secrets of Station X: How the Bletchley Park Codebreakers Helped Win the War (Biteback, 2011) has sold 30,000 copies.


Book Information
ISBN 9781785907654
Author Michael Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Biteback Publishing
Publisher Biteback Publishing