Enigma machine. Replica of a German World War 2 radio room with a genuine Enigma electromechanical encryption machine. Messages were typed into the keyboard and a series of letters would light up on the machine's display,providing the encrypted version (the ciphertext). A system of rotors meant that each letter could be enciphered as any other,except itself. This is the standard 3-rotor model; the Navy had a more powerful 4-rotor version for communication with U-boats. By the end of the war,all the variants of the system could be broken by the Allies. Photographed at Bletchley Park,England,where Enigma messages were deciphered | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / King-Holmes, James |
Bildgröße: | 3842 px × 4733 px |
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