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TheEssentialRoleofMorse

Code Communications

Theefforts of thoseworki

MorseCodecommunicati

madeacrucial difference

howWorldWarIIwas

foughtandwon. Morse

codecommunicators used

radiotobroadcastsecret

messages to eachother,

andthe most skilled

signallerswere able to sen

30 wordsaminute.

MorseCodemaynot be

themilitary today, butfor

essentialcommunicationm

BritishArmedForces.The

Broochisdesignedwitha

spells out‘Remember’inM

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hisRemembrance,TheRoyalBritish
Legionis honouringthosewho
workedalongsideTheBritish
ArmedForces in WorldWar II.From
thecontributions ofthe53
Commonwealth countriesto thecodebreakersof
BletchleyPark, thereare manystories of bravery,
resilience andremarkableingenuity,servingto
remindusthat thewar wasnot wonalone.

AVital Contributionofthe
Commonwealth
Thefriendship andcollaborationbetweenthe
menandwomenofBritain,
theCommonwealth
Alliednationsplayed
an essentialrolein
winningWorldWar
This year,TheRoyal
BritishLegionis
rememberingtheir
serviceandsacrifice
fightingtogether,
includingthe
instrumentalrole of
Commonwealth sold
threecritical1944battles;Monte Cassino,
D-Day, andKohimaandImphal.
In honourofthis, TheRoyal BritishLegion
hasproducedtwobrooches. The53
Commonwealth countries arerepresentedby a
single stonefor eachcountry in the
Commonwealth Broochandbythe53facetsof
n. The
lPin also
certificate
emorating
onewholost
lifeinoneof
manybattles
WorldWar II.

Broughttoyouby

The

unsung

heroes

of World

WarII

TheAmazing Codebreakers of

BletchleyPark

t wasn’t untilth

declassification

wartimeinform

n the’70sthatt

vitalintelligence

gatheredbythe

odebreakers of

BletchleyParkw

herecognition

t deserved.

Evennow,th

xtent of the

codebreakers’

achievements is

known. Aswell

crackingtheEn

machine, Bletch

Colossustheworld’s first

large-scale electronicdigitalcomputer.It

wasusedtodecrypttheGerman High

Command’sLorenzcipher,helpingwith

theAllies’strategic planningfortheinvasion

of Normandy.

TheCodebreakersBroochtakes inspiration

fromtherotors oftheEnigmamachineand

comeswithakeepsakeboxcontaininga

certificate tohonourandremember oneof

the13,0 00 menandwomenontheBletchley

ParkRoll of Honour.

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