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Caroline TAIX

Secret UK Women's Codecracking Army Gets Belated Recognition For WWII Work

The women from Newnham College, Cambridge, worked at the secret British codebreaking base at Bletchley Park during World War II (Credit: AFP)

During World War II, dozens of women Cambridge University students worked around the clock in complete secrecy to crack Nazi codes, but only now are the unsung heroes getting recognition.

At least 77 women from the women-only Newnham College were drafted to Bletchley Park, the code-breaking centre north of London, during the conflict.

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