Quoting from the personal accounts of many of those who worked in the Radio Security Service or at Bletchley Park or involved in innumerable efforts at signal interception and decryption around the world, Paterson has stitched together a fascinating read. Over 288 pages, these stories show the breadth of radio activities that took place during World War II from before the start of hostilities to the battle for the Atlantic, the North Africa and Italy campaigns, the Resistance, the war in the Pacific and eventual victory in Europe and over Japan.

The stories told in “Voices of the Code Breakers,” are the actual words of the men and women who lived these stories and add immeasurably to the true understanding of this aspect of the war.

The Spectrum Monitor, July 2020

I recommend this book to people interested in WWII, particularly in the role the communication specialists and the code breakers played in shortening the length of the war. Anybody researching the topic will find it full of useful material, and the bibliography and the list of documents will further assist their search. And, casual readers will likely feel, like me, amazed at how these people managed to crack the codes at a time when technology was so basic. We can see the first steps towards the development of modern computers, and I, for one, want to visit Bletchley Park and see, with my own eyes, where everything started.

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Author Translator, Olga Nunez Miret

A very worthy look at code breaking activities.

The Armourer, January 2018