Used during WWII to encrypt messages, the Enigma Machine has a fascinating history and unique workings. This animation delves into its mechanisms and significance. Further topics explored include ...

The original Enigma machine was an electronic cypher used by the German military in World War 2 to send coded messages.

Alan Turing wartime manuscript, Enigma machine up for auction During World War II, dozens of women students at Cambridge University worked around the clock in complete secrecy to crack Nazi codes ...

Because of her work with the Enigma machine, Parsons was sworn to secrecy. She didn't tell her husband until 1997, when she found out that her secret work began to be declassified in the 1970s.

Officials and historians have marked the 120th anniversary of the birth of Marian Rejewski, one of a team of Polish ...