Dearest readers, our writer Clare and I, Cumberchicken, have had a most exciting week. We were both lucky enough to be able to attend the London Film Festival opening gala, which also happened to be the European premiere of Benedict Cumberbatch’s incredible new film The Imitation Game. Clare and I were able to experience the gala […]
Recently, it was reported on Twitter that Benedict had attended the world premiere of James McCarthy’s “Codebreaker” piece at the Barbican. Considering the piece was in honor of Alan Turing, and Benedict is playing the mathematician in The Imitation Game, his spot in the audience shouldn’t have come as a surprise (or at least it wasn’t […]
After looking at the various elements of the Enigma machine in Chapter 4 Part 1, we will now go into a bit more detail on how the 26 letters are linked in 13 letter pairs through electrical circuits. Grasping this aspect will make it easier to understand the concept behind the Bombe, the codebreaking machine […]
Chapter 1 – Historical Background Chapter 3 – The Substitution Cipher Introduction The breaking of the Enigma coding system was not a one-time event. The Polish Cipher Bureau (which first decoded Enigma messages in late 1932/early 1933), Bletchley Park in England, and codebreakers in other countries had to deal with different versions of the Enigma […]
Benedict’s hotly anticipated film, The Imitation Game, centers on the life and achievements of British mathematician and war hero, Alan Turing. For those unfamiliar with Turing, he played a major role in helping to decode German intelligence during the Second World War. Building upon the pre-war work of Polish codebreakers, Turing devised techniques to break […]
CRYPTOLOGY IN WORLD WAR I Radio communication The invention of radio in the late 19th century had far-reaching consequences for military communication and cryptography. It enabled the exchange of messages with hitherto isolated locations (like ships at sea) and could be used to direct military campaigns. But it also made the need for secure encryption […]
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