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Bombe Decryption Machine, US,1945

A female technician operating a bombe decyption machine in the US, May 1945. The bombe was an electro-mechanical device used by British and American cryptologists to help decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted secret messages during World War II. The initial design of the bombe was produced in 1939 at the UK Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park by Alan Turing, with an important refinement devised in 1940 by Gordon Welchman.

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Bombe Decryption Machine, US,1945

Caption:

A female technician operating a bombe decyption machine in the US, May 1945. The bombe was an electro-mechanical device used by British and American cryptologists to help decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted secret messages during World War II. The initial design of the bombe was produced in 1939 at the UK Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park by Alan Turing, with an important refinement devised in 1940 by Gordon Welchman.

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Album / Science Source / National Security Agency

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Image size:

1944 x 2539 px | 14.1 MB

Print size:

16.5 x 21.5 cm | 6.5 x 8.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1940S • 1945 • ALAN TURING • ALLIED • AMERICA • BOMBE • BW • CIPHER • CODE • CODEBREAKER • COMPUTER • CRACKING • CRYPTANALYSIS • CYPHER • DECODING • DECRYPTION • ENCRYPTION • ENIGMA • FEMALE • GERMAN • GERMANS • GORDON WELCHMAN • HISTORY • MACHINE • MILITARY • N-530 • OPERATOR • PERSON • SECRET • TECHNICIAN • TOP SECRET • USA • WAR • WOMAN • WORLD WAR 2 • WORLD WAR II • WORLD WAR TWO • WW II • WWII