IP: Bletchley Park: Yahoo!'s Picks of the Week (November 20, 2000)

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>         http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/
>
>This homespun site was created by Tony Sale, a man instrumental in
>preserving, restoring, and curating the historical collection at
>Bletchley Park. Headquarters of British code-breaking during World
>War II, Bletchley was "Britain's best kept secret" -- the place
>where the German Enigma was finally deciphered in an incredible
>cooperative super-effort. Detailed tutorials for the mathematically
>inclined explain how the Enigma cipher machine worked and how the
>Lorenz code was broken by the British-built Colossus machine. A
>Bletchley Park photo album presents snapshots of an ordinary-looking,
>extraordinary place.



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