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#28 - Alan Turing

Unruly Figures

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Alan Turing's Involvement with the Home Guard

This chapter discusses how Alan Turing joined the Home Guard during World War II as a means of protecting the UK from a potential German ground invasion, despite eventually being court-martialed for not fulfilling his duties. It explores Turing's clever tactic to avoid disqualification and highlights his focus on breaking Germany's naval enigma codes.

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