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The BBC at 100: the corporation at war

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The Secrets of the B B C During World War II

Beverc monitoring was an eavesdropping operation based in wood norton, outside evesham. A thousand people were there assembled, eavesdropping on broadcasts from all around the world. It gave the b b c and the country unique up to date insight into what was being broadcast,. What was being said on air, and how that could be interpreted for extra information about changes in german thinking... So that was one aspect of it, that that continued throughout the war. Another aspect, which was perhaps even more secret, was the use of coded messages to europe. Now this starts really in about 19 forty one ar and these messages are brought to the bb c by a number of

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