What was the name of the machine that Germany used to encrypt messages in WWII?

Fun fact...a typo on paperwork had led to the recruitment of a scientist who had a field that was one letter off from cryptography. However due to the secrecy of the project he was confined to stay there even after explaining their mistake. The irony there is that when they were finally able to recover a code book it was badly damaged due to sea water and since he studied organisms pertaining to the ocean he was able to use sheets that were able to absorb the water from the pages which in turn allowed the right people to finally crack the enigma code. So in essence their typo and mistake actually turned out to be a futurist mistake certainly saving countless lives in the end.

Alan Turing broke the Enigma Code and was part responsible for the Allied victory during WWII. He was later found 'guilty' of homosexuality, imprisoned and made to take hormonal drugs...a real stain on our history. Was only pardoned in recent years. A true war hero!

let us not forget the Navajo code talkers!!!

Polish Codebreakers Cracked Enigma In 1932, before Alan Turing https://m.warhistoryonline.com/featured/polish-mathematicians-role-in-cracking-germans-wwii-codesystem.html

watch movie titled "imitation game" ,it talks about this machine and its inventor . Great movie !!

I had thought that Enigma was the Allies’ invention to decode the German secret codes.

thanks to Alan Turing what a genius the government caused him to take his own life because he was gay shame on them disgrace

I live not far from Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing and his team broke the Enigma code. It's a fascinating place and if you get the chance please do visit. It is also home to the National (UK) Computer Museum, as Turing pretty much invented computer science and the idea of the computer.

Enigma= a riddle wrapped up in a mystery.

Yep one of my hero's. Tragic he was hounded for his sexuality pre 1960s Britain and was chemically castrated. A true genius

I knew this because I just watched a movie where Benedict Cumberbatch played Alan Turing. Awesome 👌

I remembered that answer name of machine from a PlayStation 1 game called medal of honour

The Royal Navy captured U-boat 110, complete with Enigma machine and code books, in 1941. The US Navy captured U-boat 505, with Enigma machine and code books, in 1944.

MarkyPat88, he also committed suicide sadly. 😥

Player #10302998, The government is still committing the same crimes by medicating and surgically altering childen sexually.

MarkyPat88, it was the polish Turing used their work.

MarkyPat88, he took the drugs voluntarily, he was not forced to

Enigma was used by the English to decrypt the German communication. This took place at Bletchly Park

Balkis, it's a great one, i agree

Benchley Circle is a British series seen on American public television. Focuses on the women workers. Great show.

Balkis, seen it and I was going to say the same thing

MarkyPat88, The bomba, or bomba kryptologiczna (Polish for "bomb" or "cryptologic bomb"), was a special-purpose machine designed around October 1938 by Polish Cipher Bureau cryptologist Marian Rejewski to break German Enigma-machine ciphers

My grandmother was in the enigma project, working on signals at Beaumanor Hall, the data then got sent to Bletchly Park for the enigma machine to decode.

Player #26129643, I'm a Brit. I think we should give the Americans more credit on this front. I'm sure they realise Hollywood's main focus is entertainment (which at times is outstanding) rather than historical accuracy. And I'm sure every single British film ever made is 100% historically accurate. ;))

Player Elf Counsel, The Polish ripped off a machine and gave it to the British..,who had no clue how to break the code..

GracieDawnMarie, Who had nothing to do with the Enigma machine..

LoopyLynda74, if you are going to tell such long detailed and super unlikely stories like that, then you need to also provide some reference to verify it. I don't believe this

Player Elf Counsel, yes, I am American and was supremely annoyed at that submarine movie that grossly, wrongly portrayed the US as getting the device.

There is a film about it called The Mimitation game on Netflix

LoopyLynda74, the very definition of serendipity!

MarkyPat88, Imitation Game.. great film.. Benedict Cumberbatch is an awesome actor

So happy I watched The Imitation Game (2014)

Player Elf Counsel, Actually you’ll find that the Yanks gave the Brits one of Thomas Edison’s coding machines which he invented years before the Germans

MarkyPat88, not true but I’m the best person

Fun fact: Enigma means riddle in Greek

I was Alan's special little friend while we were in prison. He was an interesting fellow.

Wolf, Marian Rejewski

MarkyPat88, wrong try Marian Rejewski