Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park (BP) is a site located in the town of Bletchley, in Milton Keynes, England. During World War II, Bletchley Park was the location of the United Kingdom's efforts to break ciphers, including those of the Enigma and Lorenz machine used by Nazi Germany. The intelligence produced by Bletchley Park, codenamed ULTRA, has been credited with hastening the end of World War II.

Huts

The huts were designated by numbers; these quickly became associated as much with the work which went on inside the buildings as with the buildings themselves. Because of this, when a section moved from a hut into a larger building, they were still referred to by their "Hut" code name.

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Some of the hut numbers, and the associated work, are:

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• Hut 1 — the first hut, built in 1939; translation
• Hut 2 — recreational hut
• Hut 3 — intelligence: translation and analysis of Army and Airforce Enigma decrypts
• Hut 4 — Naval intelligence: analysis of Naval Enigma decrypts
• Hut 5 — Army intelligence
• Hut 6 — Cryptanalysis of Army and Airforce Enigma
• Hut 7 — Punched card machines
• Hut 8 — Cryptanalysis Naval Enigma
• Hut 9 — Pay and administration
• Hut 10 — Meteorological section
• Hut 11 — The first Bombe building

At the time that Bletchley was conducting signals intercepts and codebreaking, another less known unit was conducting Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) analysis at Danesfield House, RAF Medmenham in Buckinghamshire. RAF Intelligence Branch Intelligence Officers were employed in both establishments.

Related Topics:
IMINT - Danesfield House - Medmenham - Buckinghamshire - RAF Intelligence - Intelligence Officers

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