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The Enigma Code Breakers Who Saved the World

By Tim White

Jul 08, 2019
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In 1918, German scientist Arthur Scherbius developed a code-generating machine, called the Enigma, that would prove to be incredibly resistant to code-breaking efforts—and likely would have handed victory in WWII to the Axis powers, if not for the intervention of a team of Allied heroes.

Although the Enigma was developed in 1918, it wasn’t thoroughly tes…

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