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  1. Enigma machine - Wikipedia

    The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication. It was employed extensively by Nazi Germany …

  2. How Alan Turing Cracked The Enigma Code | Imperial War Museums

    The main focus of Turing’s work at Bletchley was in cracking the ‘Enigma’ code. The Enigma was a type of enciphering machine used by the German armed forces to send messages securely.

  3. Enigma | Definition, Machine, History, Alan Turing, & Facts | Britannica

    Oct 30, 2025 · Enigma, device used by the German military to encode strategic messages before and during World War II. The Enigma code was first broken by the Poles in the early 1930s.

  4. How the Allies finally cracked the Enigma machine's mysterious codes

    During World War II, the outcome of entire campaigns often depended on information. German commanders transmitted orders and intelligence that they encoded with the Enigma machine, largely …

  5. Enigma Machine - CIA

    Intercepting and translating code gave the Allied forces a strategic advantage over the Germans. During World War II, the Germans used the Enigma, a cipher machine, to develop nearly unbreakable …

  6. Who Cracked The Enigma Code & How was it Cracked? - Science ABC

    Jan 15, 2024 · What Is The Enigma Code? The Enigma Code is a cipher created by a machine known as the Enigma Machine. During World War II, the Enigma Machine was an essential communication …

  7. Enigma Code | Enigma Machine | World War II - Sons of Liberty …

    Discover the extraordinary story of World War II's most decisive intelligence breakthrough – the cracking of Nazi Germany's "unbreakable" Enigma code.

  8. The Enigma Code: How Codebreakers Helped Win World War II

    Mar 20, 2025 · During World War II, intelligence and espionage played as crucial a role as military might. One of the greatest intelligence triumphs of the war was the breaking of the Enigma Code, a feat that …

  9. What is an Enigma cipher machine? | Christie's

    Oct 27, 2025 · It was a search engine for Enigma settings that used electromagnetic relay technology and was known as the ‘Bombe’, a name derived from an earlier, less powerful Polish machine.

  10. The Complete History of the Enigma Encryption Machine: How …

    Nov 19, 2023 · The story of how the Allies broke the "unbreakable" Enigma code is one of the greatest cryptographic advances in history. This triumph of technology, intellect, and perseverance helped …