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There is not a short or simple answer to this question. Several books have been written about British efforts to penetrate the German Enigma Codes during the Second World War. It began with the Polish government efforts in the months prior to the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. The Poles used several brilliant mathematicians working long hours to start. The British used mathematicians, early computers-like machines, and British made replicas of the Enigma cipher machines. It also required a very large number of Enigma coded radio transmissions that were intercepted (heard), recorded, and catalogued by the British. The idea was to discover a few letters or numbers that were encoded. To build on that knowledge to discover words & phrases, and then eventually sentences. The Enigma code actually changed often over the course of weeks. The British had to create a working machine that could accept all the identical changes (settings) made on the German machines and determine when & how to make the changed settings at the same time as the Germans. This took months & years of work. Sometimes a German Enigma machine or code book was captured that helped in the research. Sometimes the code was read for only a short time until the Germans changed the code (turned rotors & rearranged cable plugs) in their machines in a way that the British could not quickly duplicate. The code never stayed "cracked" and often only portions of German messages were decoded. It is a very complicated business, so often the most difficult mind-work ever done. Modern computers help a lot, but modern codes also use codes created by computers. Both sides use technology.
The Enigma code was cracked by British code breakers led by Alan Turing at Bletchley Park, a secret establishment in WW2. There is a TV series about it as well as a recent movie, The Imitation Game.
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During World War 2 the british crack a German top secret code who cracked it and what it was called?
enigma
What was the impact of Alan Turing's enigma machine?
Turing did not work on the Enigma, it was a German machine. However he did do some work on the British Bombe machines that were used to crack the Enigma machine cipher. Later he saw Tommy Flowers' Colossus electronic computer, designed to crack the German Lorenz SZ40/42 machine cipher. This inspired him after the end of the war to begin work on programmable electronic computers.
Who was the first to crack a message off the enigma machine?
The team of cryptologists at Bletchley Park, led by Alan Turing.
What British machine decoded the German Enigma machine?
Perhaps you're thinking of the Bombe.
What were 3 advantages the british had in the battle of Britain?
radar, enigma, and superior number of aricraft
During World War 2 the british crack a German top secret code who cracked it and what it was called?
enigma
What computer used to decode the Enigma?
The Enigma was used to decode the Enigma. The British decoders at Bletchley Park during the Second World War used brain-power to try to crack the German codes. That is, until they got their hands on an Enigma machine which the Polish had captured.
What was the impact of the enigma machine?
Turing did not work on the Enigma, it was a German machine. However he did do some work on the British Bombe machines that were used to crack the Enigma machine cipher. Later he saw Tommy Flowers' Colossus electronic computer, designed to crack the German Lorenz SZ40/42 machine cipher. This inspired him after the end of the war to begin work on programmable electronic computers.
What was the impact of Alan Turing's enigma machine?
Turing did not work on the Enigma, it was a German machine. However he did do some work on the British Bombe machines that were used to crack the Enigma machine cipher. Later he saw Tommy Flowers' Colossus electronic computer, designed to crack the German Lorenz SZ40/42 machine cipher. This inspired him after the end of the war to begin work on programmable electronic computers.
Was the Enigma machine British?
The Enigma was the Germans' and the Ultra was the British machine. Then the British from HMS Bulldog were the first to capture the Enigma Machine from the U-110 in the North Atlantic on May 9th 1941. Then Poland helped the British to decipher the code.
What was the British method of decoding German messages known as?
enigma
Who was the first to crack a message off the enigma machine?
The team of cryptologists at Bletchley Park, led by Alan Turing.
Which code did enigma crack?
The German Military code during World War II. The Germans thought that it couldn't be broken.
What British machine decoded the German Enigma machine?
Perhaps you're thinking of the Bombe.
What were 3 advantages the british had in the battle of Britain?
radar, enigma, and superior number of aricraft
Who rescued the enigma machine?
I believe crew members off a British destroyer that had disabled a German submarine during WW2. The German crew was kept in isolation to insure the Germans did not learn that an enigma code machine had been captured by the British..........
How did the British find out German Secrets?
The British at Bletchley Park broke the codes used by the German encryption machine known as "Enigma".
