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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-227/
- Published: 2020-09-24T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-09-24T04:43:58.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: History, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

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Northlander Lady Ellen Elizabeth Reed, was a World War II code-cracker who held a senior role at the famous Bletchley Park military intelligence centre.

> A Northland woman who played a crucial wartime role in cracking German secrets has died at the age of 104.

> Lady Ellen Elizabeth Reed died at her home in Paihia on August 30 after an extraordinary life which included deciphering Nazi secret codes and living for decades in Nigeria.

> Lady Elizabeth, as she was usually known, was part of the famous Bletchley Park code cracking team which broke the Germans’ Enigma code during World War II.

> Their success, which built on the work of earlier Polish code crackers, allowed Britain to eavesdrop on secret Nazi communications and helped swing the war in the Allies’ favour.

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