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The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication. It was employed extensively by Nazi Germany during World War II, in all branches of the German military.
The main focus of Turing’s work at Bletchley was in cracking the ‘Enigma’ code. The Enigma was a type of enciphering machine used by the German armed forces to send messages securely.
Enigma, device used by the German military to encode strategic messages before and during World War II. The Enigma code was first broken by the Poles in the early 1930s. In 1939 the Poles turned their information over to the British, who set up the code-breaking group Ultra, under mathematician Alan M. Turing.
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Jan 15, 2024 · Learn how the Enigma Machine, a cipher used by the Nazis to encrypt messages, was broken by a team of scientists led by Alan Turing during World War II. Discover the flaw in the Enigma code and how Turing used it to decipher millions of messages.
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Learn how the British code breakers at Bletchley Park deciphered the German Enigma messages during World War II, using primitive computers and the help of the Poles. Discover how ULTRA intelligence influenced the outcome of the war and the battles of the Atlantic, North Africa and Greece.
Feb 17, 2011 · Learn how the Allies deciphered the German Enigma codes during World War Two, using machines, maths and spies. Discover how Enigma intelligence influenced the war outcomes and saved lives.
During World War II, the Germans used the Enigma, a cipher machine, to develop nearly unbreakable codes for sending secret messages. The Enigma’s settings offered 150,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible solutions, yet the Allies were eventually able to crack its code.