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Breaking German Wehrmacht Ciphers
URL: http://frode.home.cern.ch/frode/crypto/bgac/

Description:
This site describes ongoing efforts to decode ciphers used by the Germans during World War II. Includes reports on its own decoding of messages created with a "3-wheel German Army Enigma machine" as well as provides links to other decoding projects, such as the M4 Message Breaking Project, which uses a network of distributed computers to break the code of a 4-wheel German machine. Includes examples of messages, a timeline, and related material.

LII Topics: Communications, Cryptography, World War II

Author:
Sullivan, Geoff; Weierud, Frode

Extra Keywords
Second Two WWII Nazi cryptology

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Cryptography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography

LII Database Information:
Record 20805 created by Maria Brandt on 03/06/2006
Last modification on 03/08/2006
Published: 03/09/2006  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20805

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