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Cryptography is the Bombe: Britain's Enigma-Cracker on Display in New Home

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday June 21 2018, @03:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the this-museum's-the-bomb(e) dept.

MrPlow writes:

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The UK National Museum of Computing will open its new Bombe gallery this weekend at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes after a successful crowdfunding campaign to put the WWII code-breaking machines on display.

"We even hope to have a Colossus operator veteran present so that they can exchange notes – something they could never do during the war!" said the museum in a statement.

The Bombe was developed as part of Britain's efforts to break Nazi Germany's military ciphers and intercept war plans. Cryptologists used the electro-mechanical machines to speed up their deciphering of Germany's Enigma messages.

"Visitors will be able to see the world-famous Bombe reconstruction in action and learn how it broke Enigma messages – and compare it to the acclaimed working Colossus reconstruction and discover how it was the key to breaking Lorenz messages," the museum added.

[...] Saturday, 23 June, the day that the Bombe gallery opens to the public, is also Alan Turing's 106th birthday. Wartime re-enactors "will bring the history alive and give a sense of the wartime atmosphere" on the day, while families are encouraged to enjoy a cream tea and some retro computer games.

Source: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/19/tnmoc_bombe_gallery_opening/

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by aristarchus on Thursday June 21 2018, @04:38AM (2 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday June 21 2018, @04:38AM (#696027) Journal

    British pooftas cracking Nazi codes at the same time the Janrinock is suppressing news of how alt-right propaganda is spreading to the shores of Old Blighty! Coincidence? Or an effort by the Deep British State to support Nazi Germany, cause, you know, racist Limeys.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 22 2018, @08:09AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 22 2018, @08:09AM (#696632)

    And then there was the deep penetration of British Intelligence, by the poffta Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby. So after the murder of Alan Turing, I have no idea how the Brits could hold their head up when it comes to intelligence or code-breaking. As someone said, James Bond is just a fantasy compensation for the downfall of the British Empire.

    (althought, I do rather like the expression in "trainspotting", where a Scot says, "We are ruled over by a nation of wankers!!" But then, there is the rather good movie about stealing the stone. The queen was born in Kenya!)

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 23 2018, @02:56AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 23 2018, @02:56AM (#697094)

      "Deep penetration" Heh, heh, heh! He said, "Deep Penetration".