In September 1939, life changed for everyone in England, and Roger Whitehead was no exception. And hours after war was declared with Germany, Roger's family erupted when he announced he had no intention of joining the military. Labeled a coward, he disappeared, leaving a short note and a postal box, where he could be contacted.

Why did he refuse to fight? Was his defiance a camouflage for cowardice?

Having signed a secrecy oath forbidding his disclosure of his whereabouts or his work, he joined the fight for England in the secret world of Bletchley Park. There he decoded secret communiqu