(1/6) World War II Code Breakers

[seegensays]

Is this an uploaded NOVA program? If so, which one?

[2bn442RCT]

@seegensays Yes

[Flickchaser]

@2bn442RCT-If you havent read it-"The Red Orchestra" by V.E. Tarrant is your kind of candy.

[2bn442RCT]

@Flickchaser I will try to locate it. Thanks for the info. Read and researched a little about this interesting chapter in WW2, but not enough.

[2bn442RCT]

@Flickchaser I will try to find it. Thanks for the info. Just another fascinating chapter from WW2.

[DaCosmicCat]

I'm japanese and female...and also a WWII history major..I find this kind of stuff very interesting. I'd like to be an historian one day. Also lived in the US for 8 years..would like to move back and call it home.

[ScrumptiousStrat]

If you want to know more about the work done at Bletchley Park, and the machines that were used on both sides, one guy who works at the Park has made a series of videos. Type in the search box at the top of the page: LFraserS and that will take you to all his videos. Look at the ones titled: "Bletchley Park Tour - Part 1, 2, 3" etc. They are well worth looking at and are factual!!

[2bn442RCT]

@ScrumptiousStrat I had much difficulty finding the Bletchley Park Tour - Part 1, 2, 3. Can you send me a direct link

[ScrumptiousStrat]

The Poles succeeded in breaking the commercial Enigma but couldn't break the military version. They finally gave what information they had to British & French intelligence in July 1939.

That info was taken to Bletchley Park and given to Dilly Knox, who had been working on Enigmas for several years. The info provided the final pieces in the puzzle and Knox broke the military code in January 1940.

Bletchley Park also broke "Lorenz" as well as Japanese & Italian codes throughout the War.

[atltom58]

He has another upload titled Mind of a codebreaker thats even better. its about 12 parts long and tells a more in depth story of Bletchly along with interviews with people that worked there. great vid.....

[cjms08]

they were probably key parties

[belisariusorb]

Thar secret location somewhere in Maryland would be Fort Meade I suppose. Big fat secret. 5***** for upload

[2bn442RCT]

They were probably told not to tell where it was.

[redriot74]

another cracking upload from2bn442RCT

found most interesting 5*****s and very informative,i learnt something new!

thks

[eswteam]

remember people, the enigmas mathematical principles along with the prototype were supplied to the british by polish scientists.

[2bn442RCT]

The Pols deserve credit for not giving up at the beginning, building the first replica, and proving to the British/French that it could be broken. The Pols received much information from a greedy German cypher clerk before 1939 which assisted them significantly. The American breaking of the Japanese "Purple codes" had nothing to do with the Pols

[LTDcunuk]

5/5

[ubuibiok]

★★★★★