Codebreaking at Bletchley Park – Book tour interview with Jan Slimming

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Codebreaking at Bletchley Park – Book tour interview with Jan Slimming

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Interview Timeline

Jan Slimming is a publishing professional who was six when she first heard of Bletchley Park, but it was decades later that she was compelled to research and write about this little-known part of her mother’s life. We spoke about the book, her mother’s code-breaking career and her father’s WWII captivity. Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park (Pen and Sword Military, 2021)

0:38 – Jan talks about why she wrote about her mom’s WWII work at Bletchley Park.

5:39 – Jan talks about what the book focuses on.

10:44 – Jan talks about everyone at Bletchley Park being billeted nearby.

12:34 – Jan talks about the training or lack of among the Park personnel.

14:35 – Jan talks about how her parents met.

16:46 – Jan talks about the skills they used for code breaking.

20:49 – Jan talks about her mother’s relatives who also worked in code breaking.

23:24 – Jan talks about what her mom did after the war.

24:51 – Jan talks about her mom not talking about working for the India office.

26:49 – Jan talks about how she broke the book down.

28:31 – Jan talks about her research.

31:26 – Jan talks about touring Bletchley Park.

35:18 – Jan talks about going back to England for her research.

38:25 – Jan talks about wanting to know if her mother was assigned to finding the 18th division.

40:23 – Jan talks about her mother going through a nervous breakdown after the war.

45:45 – Jan talks about other people who had relatives at Bletchley Park reach out to her.

52:39 – Jan goes into detail about touring Bletchley Park.

53:54 – Jan talks about security at Bletchley Park.

57:30 – Jan talks about her mother meeting Ian Fleming and knowing Alan Turing.

1:00:21 – Jan is on Pen and Sword and on Facebook at Jan Slimming Author.

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https://penandswordbooks.com/codebreaker-girls.html#.YQyka0ApCUk

https://www.facebook.com/Codebreakersdaughter

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Guests: Jan Slimming

Host: Cris Alvarez

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The history of John Browning and his guns with Nathan Gorenstein

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The history of John Browning and his guns with Nathan Gorenstein

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Interview Timeline

Nathan Gorenstein is a former reporter and editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he covered city and state politics. He is also the author of Tommy Gun Winter, the story of a Boston gang from the 1930s that included an MIT graduate, a minister’s daughter, and two of Gorenstein’s own relatives. He recently published a biography of John Moses Browning. We spoke about Browning and the history of firearms. The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World (Scribner, 2021)

0:40 – Nathan talks about why he wrote a book on Browning.

3:00 – Nathan talks about having been a reporter.

4:40 – Nathan talks about the gun industry and Browning.

6:47 – Nathan talks about Browning’s early life and education.

11:58 – Nathan talks about the quantities the Browning’s made their guns in and how they ran their business.

14:37 – Nathan talks about why Browning’s designs stood out.

18:14 – Nathan talks about Browning’s competitors.

21:44 – Nathan talks about the popularity of Browning’s guns.

26:41 – Nathan talks about the wars Browning’s guns were used in.

29:45 – Nathan talks about Browning’s guns being adapted for aircraft.

32:21 – Nathan talks about unusual Browning designs.

36:22 – Nathan talked about Browning’s personal interest in shotgun.

37:45 – Nathan talks about the resources he used.

42:47 – Nathan talks about the things that surprised him.

46:00 – Nathan wonders what Browning might think of modern gun use.

47:40 – Nathan talks about Browning’s wife.

48:52 – Nathan talks about Winchester.

55:39 – Nathan can be found at NathanGorenstein.com

Links of interest

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https://www.simonandschuster.com/search/books/Author-Nathan-Gorenstein/Imprint-Scribner/_/N-1z0xemrZ1z13w0e/Ne-pgt

http://www.nathangorenstein.com/

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For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar1945 and on Instagram @crisalvarezswarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: Nathan Gorenstein

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, Scribner, American history, WWII,

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How a successful Marine Corps strategy in Vietnam was implemented and then shot down – Interview with Ted Easterling

Ted Easterling served as a U.S. Marine combat engineer in the Vietnam War. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Akron, where he taught history. He studied and wrote a book about USMC Combat Action Platoons in Vietnam. We spoke about these units and the Vietnam War. War in the Villages: The U.S. Marine Corps Combined Action Platoons in the Vietnam War (University of North Texas Press, 2021)

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