The Enigma machine
During World War II, Germany believed that its secret codes for radio messages were indecipherable to the Allies. However, the meticulous work of code breakers based at Britain’s Bletchley Park cracked the secrets of German wartime communication, and played a crucial role in the final defeat of Germany.
The Enigma story began in the 1920s, when the German military - using an ‘Enigma’ machine developed for the business market – began to communicate in unintelligible coded messages. The Enigma machine enabled its operator to type a message, then ‘scramble’ it using a letter substitution system, generated by variable rotors and an electric circuit. To decode the message, the recipient needed to know the exact settings of the wheels. German code experts added new plugs, circuits and features to the machine during the pre-war years, but its basic principle remained the same.
The Germans, convinced their Enigma messages were unbreakable, used the machine for battlefield, naval, and diplomatic communications.
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Shaikha Ahmed 12/53
I have seen the movie, it's all about intelligence and critical thinking, it has a great story behind it, it also won many awards. Cryptography is a very nice and interesting subject and I believe your article will fascinate others, and motivate them to know and research for more, job well done.
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ReplyDeleteI must watch this movie. I like these kind of films.
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