WHO BROKE ENIGMA?
In 1939, Alan and his team of mathematicians began work at Bletchley Park (Government Code and Cypher Code) with the goal to break Enigma. Along with Gordon Welchman, Alan developed the Bombe. This was based off the Polish machine, the Bomba, which had previously been used to decipher German messages. However, the Bomba was rendered useless when the Germans realized it relied on a same message indicator. So, Alan proposed a different approach to building the Bombe. Gordon created a diagonal board that would make decoding messages quicker.
Soon enough, the Bombe was able to decode intercepted German messages. Sometimes they would be decoded within an hour or two of their transmission. In 1942, Turing and his team were able to decode a message instructing an attack on U-boats that carried essential supplies for Britain. Without these supplies, all of Britain would starve. Winston Churchill was known to have said,"...the only thing that ever frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril." By decoding this message, they saved the battle of the Atlantic, which was a key point in winning the war. By 1943, Bombe broke 84,000 Enigma messages a month or two a minute.
Soon enough, the Bombe was able to decode intercepted German messages. Sometimes they would be decoded within an hour or two of their transmission. In 1942, Turing and his team were able to decode a message instructing an attack on U-boats that carried essential supplies for Britain. Without these supplies, all of Britain would starve. Winston Churchill was known to have said,"...the only thing that ever frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril." By decoding this message, they saved the battle of the Atlantic, which was a key point in winning the war. By 1943, Bombe broke 84,000 Enigma messages a month or two a minute.