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#28 - Alan Turing

Unruly Figures

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The Second Battle of El Alameen and the Breaking of the Tani Cipher

Learn about the British forces' success in targeting German and Italian ships by unmasking their codes, leading to victory in the second battle of El Alameen during World War II. This chapter also explores the introduction of the German cipher code named Tani and the creation of Colossus, a machine that used Turing's terringary method to break it.

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