Marching Orders

In this captivating account, author Bruce Lee explores how the American military's successful decryption of Japanese diplomatic Purple codes played a crucial role in the defeat of Nazi Germany. Drawing on over one million pages of U.S. Army documents and numerous top-secret communications, Lee uncovers key moments in the war, including pivotal decisions like Eisenhower's strategy at the Elbe. This groundbreaking work illustrates how advances in code-breaking significantly influenced military strategy and contributed to hastening the war's end.