12.05.2023 Events, History

From Warsaw to Bletchley Park: The International Effort To Break Enigma

Uncover the international effort that went into cracking the Enigma code during the Second World War with Dr Thomas Cheetham.

12 May 2023, 12.00pm – National Army Museum

Enigma was a family of machines used by the German armed forces to encode their secret messages.

By the outbreak of the Second World War, it was widely considered unbreakable. The first wartime Enigma messages were deciphered by the British in January 1940. However, this was the culmination of a process of examination and analysis that had begun in the 1920s when the first ‘glow-lamp’ Enigma machine was introduced.

The final breakthrough was a hard-won team effort, involving experts in the UK, France and Poland. In this revealing talk, Dr Thomas Cheetham traces the story of the international attack on Enigma from London, via Paris and Warsaw, to Bletchley Park.

Admission FREE – Register to attend in person by clicking HERE.

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