What happened?
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You may be looking into Benedict Cumberbatch's eyes at this point and thinking several things:
1. How did the Allies win if the Axis had the enigma machine that allowed for secure communication?
2. Why is Benedict Cumberbatch looking at me like that?
Well, we have answers to both of those questions. We will start with the former. The Allies were able to crack the Enigma code. Everyone said it couldn't be done; impossible, in fact. The French tried. Failed. The Russians tried. Failed. Every entity of the Allied forces had tried to break the enigma code and failed. The British had an initiative to crack it since the beginning of the war. It wasn't until Alan Turing and his ULTRA team came along that the Allies were able to end the war. Alan Turing and his team worked with captured German machines for months on end, until after nine months of building, they had a prototype of the Enigma code braking machine. It worked. They were able to crack the enigma code, and, in addition, were able to set the blueprint for the modern computer. The Allies were now able to not only intercept the transmissions, but decode them, as well. This meant that the Allied Forces could be one step ahead of the Axis Powers at every single battle that ensued after the breaking of the code. It is estimated that Turing's work allowed for the war to end two years earlier than it would have without the superior intelligence the Allies ended up having. Turing, along with his team, singlehandedly saved millions of lives, and allowed the Allied Forces to win the war in a great victory. This victory though could not just be because of the breaking of the enigma code. Of course not. This was just the catalyst that allowed the war to come to a close. It was not until the American forces joined the Allies toward the end of the war to back up with supplies, men, and further intelligence that helped "pin the nail in the coffin" of the Axis Powers. This entire narrative of the cracking of the enigma code is outlined in a new film called the "Imitation Game". The actor who played Alan Turning is none other than Benedict Cumberbatch, hence the piercing blue eyes above. Below is a video of some information about the movie and a CBS Sunday Morning clip on Alan Turing which is worth the devotion of seven minutes.
1. How did the Allies win if the Axis had the enigma machine that allowed for secure communication?
2. Why is Benedict Cumberbatch looking at me like that?
Well, we have answers to both of those questions. We will start with the former. The Allies were able to crack the Enigma code. Everyone said it couldn't be done; impossible, in fact. The French tried. Failed. The Russians tried. Failed. Every entity of the Allied forces had tried to break the enigma code and failed. The British had an initiative to crack it since the beginning of the war. It wasn't until Alan Turing and his ULTRA team came along that the Allies were able to end the war. Alan Turing and his team worked with captured German machines for months on end, until after nine months of building, they had a prototype of the Enigma code braking machine. It worked. They were able to crack the enigma code, and, in addition, were able to set the blueprint for the modern computer. The Allies were now able to not only intercept the transmissions, but decode them, as well. This meant that the Allied Forces could be one step ahead of the Axis Powers at every single battle that ensued after the breaking of the code. It is estimated that Turing's work allowed for the war to end two years earlier than it would have without the superior intelligence the Allies ended up having. Turing, along with his team, singlehandedly saved millions of lives, and allowed the Allied Forces to win the war in a great victory. This victory though could not just be because of the breaking of the enigma code. Of course not. This was just the catalyst that allowed the war to come to a close. It was not until the American forces joined the Allies toward the end of the war to back up with supplies, men, and further intelligence that helped "pin the nail in the coffin" of the Axis Powers. This entire narrative of the cracking of the enigma code is outlined in a new film called the "Imitation Game". The actor who played Alan Turning is none other than Benedict Cumberbatch, hence the piercing blue eyes above. Below is a video of some information about the movie and a CBS Sunday Morning clip on Alan Turing which is worth the devotion of seven minutes.