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Jonathan Dimbleby on breaking the Enigma code - and nearly losing the war
The historian and broadcaster explains that despite the cracking of the German Enigma code at Bletchley Park, British intelligence failures nearly cost Britain the Battle of the Atlantic - and the entire Second World War.
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Science, history and ideas—Hay Festival, 2016
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