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118 - The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park

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The History of the Enigma Machine

We're using Nigma is a bit of a a catch-all phrase there it should be really possibly a Nigma's because the Italian's are using them as well. There must have been a whole raft of different teams slightly comparing notes on something that's all in each instance is slightly unique which is not you know not part of the regular story that we ever hear about so is the key to breaking this the Alan Turing's taking takes the Polish design for the bomb well they call it the bomb but we come up with a bomb is that the key to first breaking all the enigmas with speed I think. The prototype machine got delivered to Bletchie Park in about March April 1940

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