Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
In February 1941, a group of Americans arrived at Bletchley Park, in what marked the beginnings of an extraordinary UK-USA intelligence alliance that continues to this day.
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of this alliance, we've produced an exciting four-part documentary series exploring how this alliance began, and what led to it's remarkable success, with insights from historians and experts on both sides of the Atlantic.
Episode two follows Bletchley Park’s Research Historian, Dr David Kenyon and the National Security Agency’s senior historian, David Hatch, as they reveal the US’s increasing yet unofficial involvement in the Battle of the Atlantic during 1941.They’ll also look at the events leading up to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Did the Allies miss any clues in the run-up to the attack?
If you want to be the first to watch episode three and four, you can register for our free virtual preview events on our website.
bletchleypark.org.uk/event_type/whats-on
UK-USA episode three - The Bombe and Bletchley Park, will be shown for the first time in our virtual event at 13.00 on Wednesday 1 December2021
UK-USA episode four - War and peace, will be for the first time in our virtual event at 13.00 on Tuesday 7 December 2021.
bletchleypark.org.uk/event_type/whats-on
In February 1941, a group of Americans arrived at Bletchley Park, in what marked the beginnings of an extraordinary UK-USA intelligence alliance that continues to this day.
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of this alliance, we've produced an exciting four-part documentary series exploring how this alliance began, and what led to it's remarkable success, with insights from historians and experts on both sides of the Atlantic.
Episode two follows Bletchley Park’s Research Historian, Dr David Kenyon and the National Security Agency’s senior historian, David Hatch, as they reveal the US’s increasing yet unofficial involvement in the Battle of the Atlantic during 1941.They’ll also look at the events leading up to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Did the Allies miss any clues in the run-up to the attack?
If you want to be the first to watch episode three and four, you can register for our free virtual preview events on our website.
bletchleypark.org.uk/event_type/whats-on
UK-USA episode three - The Bombe and Bletchley Park, will be shown for the first time in our virtual event at 13.00 on Wednesday 1 December2021
UK-USA episode four - War and peace, will be for the first time in our virtual event at 13.00 on Tuesday 7 December 2021.
bletchleypark.org.uk/event_type/whats-on
