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The Enigma machine was a machine used to encrypt, and decrypt, messages. Although it had been commercially available from the 1920s and had been used by the governments and military of several nations, it is mainly known for being used by the Nazis in World War II.
The British, through contacts in Poland, got their hands on a copy of it and were able to read a lot of German wireless communication - but it took a lot of work. Just having the machine didn't make decrypting the messages easy.
Intelligence gathered by decrypting Enigma was known as 'Ultra'. Much work was done at Station X, Bletchley Park, by Alan Turing & others. The Achilles heel of the Enigma machine, whether it was 3 rotor or 4 (Used by the Kreigsmarine) was that it would not type the same letter as the letter to be encrypted. The name of the computer that eventually cracked Enigma was Colossus. Quite how it was all done is way beyond my field of expertese !
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoEnigma was a Encoding machine. (makes a typed message into a code)
The system was virtually unbreakable and gave the Germans a large advantage during the early part of the war.
The Allies broke parts of the coding system but the Germans updated the system regularly.
The advantage disappeared when the allies captured a machine. This allowed them to keep up with changes relatively easily.
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What is the name of the German encrypting machine used in World War 2?
It was called The Enigma Machine for German encoding.
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 Name of the machine used to decipher the German codes in World War ll?
It was 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
Why did they use the enigma machine in world war 2?
Arthur Scherbius invented the Enigma machine, filing his first patent in 1918. Its original intended use was for secure business communication.In the late 1920s the German military ordered two differently modified versions of Enigma machines for the Navy and Army that were intended to be more secure than the standard commercial Enigma machines.
What is the name of the German encrypting machine used in World War 2?
It was called The Enigma Machine for German encoding.
How were codes used in history?
They were used for enigma machines. Enigma machine is a way German people sent messages in codes. A Enigma machine holds loads of codes. Enigma machines are like laptops but with massive buttons and in code form
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 .
What was the name of the machine used by Germans in ww2 to make and decipher messages?
The Enigma machine. Several nations used this message coding device; the Nazis' use of it just gets discussed more.
What country had the enigma machine?
Germany used an enigma machine to encipher and decipher messages before World War II, and with military operations during the War.
Who used the enigma machine?
the German military in world war 11
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 Name of the machine used to decipher the German codes in World War ll?
It was 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 is abwehr g312?
an enigma machine
