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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. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 …

  5. 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.

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

    Nov 19, 2023 · The Enigma machine was an ingenious encryption device used by the Nazis during World War II to encode their strategic communications. The story of how the Allies broke the …

  7. The Germans had a good head start in the construction of mechanical cryptodevices before the beginning of World War II with ENIGMA, and developed excellent enciphered teleprinter devices with …

  8. The Enigma Machine: How It Changed WWII and Cryptography

    Feb 2, 2025 · By the time World War II started, the Nazis had refined Enigma into a highly secure encryption system, giving them a strategic advantage in warfare. The Enigma Machine functioned as …

  9. Enigma Machine | Brilliant Math & Science Wiki

    3 days ago · Some historians believe that the cracking of Enigma was the single most important victory by the Allied powers during WWII. Using information that they decoded from the Germans, the Allies …

  10. 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 …