E129 - Target England

Bletchley Park

History

4.8 • 177 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

September 2021

After Britain’s failure at Dunkirk and the Fall of France, the Germans seemed unstoppable. An invasion of Britain by Germany seemed the next logical step.

In 1940, Britain and Bletchley Park prepared for war on the Home Front. As the German air campaign brought air combat with the Battle of Britain and bombs by night during the Blitz, the RAF - supported by intelligence from Bletchley Park - fought back.

In this It Happened Here episode, Research Officer Dr Thomas Cheetham is our guide to Britain’s finest hour.

Special thanks go to Dr Ben Thomson for voicing our archival documents.

In memoriam to the Veterans featured in this episode, Rolf Noskwith, Eileen Younghusband and Sir Arthur Bonsall.

Image: Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspecting members of Coventry's Warden Service. ©Mirrorpix

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The from the home of the codebreakers and the birthplace of modern computing this is the Bletchley Park podcast.
0:38.2	Welcome to the September 2021 episode of the Bletchley Park podcast, Target, England.
0:45.8	After Britain's failure at Dunkirk and the fall of France, the Germans seemed
0:49.8	unstoppable.
0:51.3	An invasion of Britain by Germany seemed the next logical step.
0:55.5	In 1940, Britain and Bletchley Park prepared for war on the home front.
1:01.3	As the German air campaign brought air combat with the Battle of Britain and bombs by night during the Blitz,
1:07.3	the RAF, supported by intelligence from Bletchley Park, fought back.
1:12.0	In this It Happened Here episode,
1:14.0	Research Officer Dr Thomas Cheatham is our guide to Britain's finest hour.
1:19.5	Thanks as usual, go to Dr Ben Thompson for voicing our archival documents.
1:41.3	This is Bletchley Park.
1:47.3	It happened here. Germany calling.
1:49.1	Germany calling.
1:51.2	Here are the Reichsendor Ambush, Station Bremen,
1:55.0	and Station DXB on the 31-meter band.
1:59.2	You are about to hear our news in English.
2:02.3	The great offensive against farm
2:04.8	had been brought to a victorious conclusion.
2:09.4	The French had laid down arms.
2:12.5	And so if the world people wondered
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