Yes it does, all of the sources are saying that they had to decode different messages in certain huts and that they were unlikely to know the results of their work. Source C says that the workers didn’t actually know the results of their work or if the messages they had decoded were important, which suggests that they had to keep the work a secret even from the workers. Sources A and B also says that they didn’t know what was happening anywhere else in Bletchley Park and they didn’t have a clue as to what would happen next. These sources all show that the people who worked there were kept in the dark about almost everything they had done. Only the people who were of great importance were the only ones who actually knew what happened everywhere in Bletchley Park. All three Sources can be seen to be reliable because they are first hand accounts by people who worked there.
Question 3. How useful are sources D and E in helping you to understand how Bletchley Park was able to crack the enigma codes?
They are not very useful because they never actually say about how they were able to crack the enigma codes. Source D is written by one of the intelligence staff and is only explaining about some of the material that was handed in to a certain hut and about how a lot of it was corrupt and in German. The person then goes on to describe hut 3 and explains about how any messages they received were cross referenced under their index system, which could show if the message contained any words they had decoded earlier.
The information about the huts is useless in helping you to understand how Bletchley park was finally able to crack the enigma codes. Source D shows a photo of an Enigma machine but doesn’t tell you any information about it and how when they finally did secure one they reversed it to translate coded messages.
Question 4 Use sources E F and G and your own knowledge to explain the importance of Bletchley Park in the war effort.
Bletchley Park was very important in the war effort because if they hadn’t of cracked the enigma codes then the war would have lasted a lot longer and could have been lost. Source E shows the enigma machine, which is what Bletchley Park eventually managed to crack. Source F is a memo written by Winston Churchill, which says to give Bletchley Park anything that they want and that they are extreme priority. This shows how much faith that the prime minister had in their efforts and how much importance he thought they had. He knew that the work at Bletchley Park was of the greatest importance in helping to win the war. Source G is a description of the work in hut 6. It tells of the endless hours people would spend deciphering codes and how hard it was, eventually though the code would be deciphered. I think that Bletchley Park had great importance in the war and if the enigma machines had not of been cracked then the allies might not have won the war.
Question 5. The writer of source I believed that Bletchley Park had a very great impact on the outcome of the Second World War. Use sources and your own knowledge to explain whether you agree with this view?
In source I it says that Bletchley Park undoubtedly shortened the war, however the man who wrote it gives Bletchley so much praise he would have you think that they were the sole reason for the war ending. However the man who wrote it actually worked for Bletchley Park so his opinion would have been biased to make him look good. There is some truth in what he says because Bletchley did crack the enigma, which helped to win several key battles in the war. One of the battles was of the Atlantic where the Germans were sinking British supply ships and starving them into submission. However when the Enigma was cracked the positions of the U boats were learned and help the British to beat them.
The man who wrote this source left out many key factors that helped to end the war. America joining forces with Britain after the attack on Pearl Harbour, which then meant the allies, consisted of Britain, France, Russia and America. With America came many new supplies, long-range bombers and because of their high economy it meant they could produce tanks, planes and ammunition fast and cheaply. He also didn’t mention Churchill’s great leadership and the fact that the Germans could never break Britain’s resilient spirit.
I believe that Bletchley Park did have a big impact on the war but there were many other factors that helped to end it.
