Fwd: Polish codebreakers 'cracked Enigma before Alan Turing'

Tuesday 16 Feb 2016

Polish codebreakers 'cracked Enigma before Alan Turing'
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Diplomats say Poland's key part in the deciphering the German system of
codes in WWII has largely been overlooked

By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor

Alan Turing could not have cracked the Enigma Code without the help of
Polish mathematicians and it is time to "right the wrong" and
acknowledge their contribution, the Polish government has said.

Deciphering the German system is believed to have shortened World War
Two by two years and saved countless lives.

But few people realise that early Enigma codes had already been broken
by the Poles who then passed on the knowledge to Britain shortly before
the outbreak of war......

- "I think there was an audible sigh in Polish cinemas when our
contribution was reduced to just one line."
Dr Grazyna Zebrowska


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/12158055/Polish-codebreakers-cracked-Enigma-before-Alan-Turing.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3448817/How-Poles-cracked-Enigma-Turing-Country-launches-campaign-heroes-broke-code-1930s-recognised.html


http://jproc.ca/crypto/enigs1.html

http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~foss/valentin/Polish_breackdown.html