U Boat Wargamers

[Penfold]

So I started watching this series on Sky History and highly recommend it to anyone who has access. I do wonder why we never learned more about some of the many important roles women played in history, at school, though.

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-story-of-the-u-boat-wargamers

 

[Tonyblack]

Looks like a great watch!

 

[Penfold]

Looks like a great watch!

That I never heard of them before and they got little or no acknowledgement for their work is quite criminal.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Interesting story Penners.

 

[raisindot]

I find this story a bit suspect. Most historians say that what finally turned the Battle of the Atlantic to the allies' favor was the ability of Alan Turing's team at Bletchley Park to decode the German Enigma-coded naval radio transmissions. This enabled enabled the allies to pinpoint the locations of the U-Boats. This enabled the naval convoys and change course and helped destroyers sink more subs. Many of those on the Bletchtley Park team were women.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

This from the BBC verifies the accuracy of the story. The official website for BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed.
The Battleships Game That Countered German U-boat Attacks During WW2 | HistoryExtra
There is some links within the above covering Bletchley Park

 

[RathDarkblade]

Looks like a great watch!

Tag Heuer or Longines?

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Tag Heuer or Longines?

Timex??

 

[RathDarkblade]

Ehh, a Timex might cost a few hundred. A Tag Heuer or a Longines watch would cost thousands, easily. (Then again, there are watches that would set you back a cool $350,000 AUD. Just google "most expensive watch" if you like...)

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

That was a joke!!! Ralph Timex are not expensive watches or at least used to be.

 

[RathDarkblade]

Oh! Whoops. *blush* I don't follow watch prices, so I had no idea. I know the Timex name, sure, but... oh well.