answersLogoWhite

0

Was the Enigma machine British

Updated: 8/19/2019
User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

Best Answer

The Enigma was the Germans' and the Ultra was the British machine.

Then the British from HMS Bulldog were the first to capture the Enigma Machine from the U-110 in the North Atlantic on May 9th 1941.

Then Poland helped the British to decipher the code.

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Was the Enigma machine British
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What British machine decoded the German Enigma machine?

Perhaps you're thinking of the Bombe.


Who rescued the enigma machine?

I believe crew members off a British destroyer that had disabled a German submarine during WW2. The German crew was kept in isolation to insure the Germans did not learn that an enigma code machine had been captured by the British..........


How did the British find out German Secrets?

The British at Bletchley Park broke the codes used by the German encryption machine known as "Enigma".


What is the name of the German encrypting machine used in World War 2?

It was called The Enigma Machine for German encoding.


What computer used to decode the Enigma?

The Enigma was used to decode the Enigma. The British decoders at Bletchley Park during the Second World War used brain-power to try to crack the German codes. That is, until they got their hands on an Enigma machine which the Polish had captured.


What was the impact of the enigma machine?

Turing did not work on the Enigma, it was a German machine. However he did do some work on the British Bombe machines that were used to crack the Enigma machine cipher. Later he saw Tommy Flowers' Colossus electronic computer, designed to crack the German Lorenz SZ40/42 machine cipher. This inspired him after the end of the war to begin work on programmable electronic computers.


What was the impact of Alan Turing's enigma machine?

Turing did not work on the Enigma, it was a German machine. However he did do some work on the British Bombe machines that were used to crack the Enigma machine cipher. Later he saw Tommy Flowers' Colossus electronic computer, designed to crack the German Lorenz SZ40/42 machine cipher. This inspired him after the end of the war to begin work on programmable electronic computers.


What was the cipher machine used by the Germans for radio communication?

I don't know what the Germans called it, but when the British got ahold of it and began trying to decrypt it, they called it the "Enigma machine".


Who invented ww2 code breaking machine-enigma?

enigma was the German code making machine not code breaking ultra was the code breaking machine


What was the name of the German code-making machine in ww2?

It was called the Enigma.


What does the enigma machine look like?

it is a brown wooden box with a typing machine inside, this would break the enigma code, the Germans used this machine in WW2


What was the name of the machine used by the Germans to make and decipher messages?

The Enigma machine .