January 1, 1970

Did Churchill let Coventry burn rather than reveal his knowledge of German Codes? It’s been claimed that Churchill knew of the imminent attack several days before but held back the information in order to protect the fact that the decoders at Bletchley Park had broken the German Enigma code. But in fact the decrypts of the code didn’t give any indication of the target and most intelligence pointed to attacks on London, the Thames Valley or the Kent or Essex coasts. Read more about the debate here.