Enigma machine with the carrying case closed
Note the Enigma logo on the lid.
© Bletchley Park Trust
Enigma machine with the carrying case open
Showing keyboard, illuminated letters and rotors.
© Bletchley Park Trust
Enigma machine with cover lifted
Showing the rotors, lampboard and plugboard.
© Bletchley Park Trust
Hut 6 (The Duddery) at Bletchley Park
Women workers with an Enigma machine open on the table.
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Front view of standard Bombe
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Bletchley Park: Home of the Codebreakers
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An online exhibition by the Bletchley Park Trust.
Visit the site https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/bletchley-park-home-of-the-codebreakers/wRANFg9sThe women of Bletchley Park
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An online exhibition by the Bletchley Park Trust.
Visit the site https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/the-women-of-bletchley-park/QQZ2YSRa?projectId=women-in-culture&position=0%2C-1Short interview with a woman who worked at Bletchley Park
Source: bbc.co.uk
See this video on bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/enigma#p00chmzn
Secrets & Spies
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An online exhibition of National Archive material, with information about Enigma, the Bombe and Colossus.
Visit the site http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/spies/default.htmEnigma and Ultra
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Brief information, objects and images from the Imperial War Museum
Visit the site http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/enigma-and-ultra#Enigma and the code breakers
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This microsite offers a variety of sources, is written quite simply, and examines the role of Enigma in shortening the war.
Visit the site http://archive.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/10/enigma/index.htmHow an Enigma machine works
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Video from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; most of the information is in the first nine minutes.
See this video on youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcX7iO_XCFA
Enigma
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Short video that explains the Bombe developed by Turing and Welchman to speed code breaking.
See this video on bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/enigma#p00chn46
Bletchley Park
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Short video discussing the role of Bletchley Park in the success of the D-day landings.
See this video on bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/places/bletchley_park#p00chn61
Codebreaker
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Science Museum’s five minute video about Alan Turing’s work and legacy, mentioning his work at Bletchley Park and other achievements of Turing and other early computing pioneers.
See this video on youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NkVMHh0_Q
Royal pardon for codebreaker Alan Turing
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BBC news article quoting several views on Turing’s pardon.
See this video on bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315
Outside the classroom
Bletchley Park
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Visit the site http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/National Museum of Computing
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Visit the site http://www.tnmoc.org/Imperial War Museums
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Visit the site http://www.iwm.org.uk/National Archives
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Visit the site http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/