All true. And yet... No one monopolises D-Day. The US make a point to remark on the work of the Navajo code-speakers. Somehow, Battle of Britain is celebrated as a multi-national cooperation. But not Enigma-breaking, that was just plucky Brits in Bletchley Park.
I understand and respect national myth-building, equally I feel credit, in popular literature, is under-attributed.
> Somehow, Battle of Britain is celebrated as a multi-national cooperation.
Not that I've ever noticed. I don't think I learned until I was 17 or 18 that there were non-British pilots involved on the British side. And I live in England! We should know!
I'm glad the article isn't quite as blunt as the headline suggests. If GCHQ are saying that public perception of Bletchley's role is overrated... well, they're entirely correct about that. But if you actually go to Bletchley Park they're quite clear about the role of Polish intelligence in breaking the Enigma machine.
As some other comments have mentioned, officially Brits didn't write off any polish contribution from any official or unofficial Documentation. And in all Historic account or documentary, Poland were often mentioned for their early effort in braking the enigma.
It is just the mainstream media never report it, for all sort of reasons. It is like Thomas Edison invented the Light bulb. Everything gets dumped down to easily understandable pieces for public consumption.
I understand and respect national myth-building, equally I feel credit, in popular literature, is under-attributed.