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:Bletchley Park was the central site for British codebreakers during World War II. It housed the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), it regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. The official historian of World War II British Intelligence has written that the "Ultra" intelligence produced at Bletchley shortened the war by two to four years, and that without it the outcome of the war would have been uncertain. | :Bletchley Park was the central site for British codebreakers during World War II. It housed the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), it regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. The official historian of World War II British Intelligence has written that the "Ultra" intelligence produced at Bletchley shortened the war by two to four years, and that without it the outcome of the war would have been uncertain. | ||
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'''Buckinghamshire County Museum'''<br>Church St.<br>Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2QP UK<br>Telephone: 1296 331441<br>Email: [mailto:museum@buckscountymuseum.org museum@buckscountymuseum.org]<br> | '''Buckinghamshire County Museum'''<br>Church St.<br>Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2QP UK<br>Telephone: 1296 331441<br>Email: [mailto:museum@buckscountymuseum.org museum@buckscountymuseum.org]<br> | ||
Website: [http://www.buckscountymuseum.org/museum/ Buckinghamshire County Museum] | Website: [http://www.buckscountymuseum.org/museum/ Buckinghamshire County Museum] | ||
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:The museum is housed in three old buildings that have been joined together: a chapel in St Mary's Square, the old Aylesbury Grammar School (before it was moved to its present location) and Ceely House. To the rear of the building, in what used to be Ceely House's coach house, is the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery. | :The museum is housed in three old buildings that have been joined together: a chapel in St Mary's Square, the old Aylesbury Grammar School (before it was moved to its present location) and Ceely House. To the rear of the building, in what used to be Ceely House's coach house, is the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery. | ||
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