How Did The Allies Complace The Enigma During WWII

The Enigma was wonderful puzzle a puzzle the Allies had to solve if they were to ever win the war. During World War I many countries realized they need to find a new way to communicate. Luckily Hugo Koch an inventor created a new machine that could do the job. Many years later, the Enigma allowed the Germans to create their own military and naval Enigmas that were “supposed” to be impossible to break. The Enigma was so important to World War II because of its amazing complexness, its effect on World War II, and its wanting need by the Allies to be cracked by the codebreakers at Bletchley Park.
The Enigma is known to be one of the most advanced pieces of technology of it’s time. However, compared to today’s technology its on the low part of …show more content…
The Enigma could produce 17,576 different ways to position the rotors, and a few million million ways to position the plugboard cables (Callahan, 10). As a result, the most configurations a Enigma could make were 7,905,853,580,625 (Callahan, 11). The overwhelming possibilities created much worry and anxiety for the Allies as they thought of the ways they could ever destroy something that could encorperate that big of a number. Therefore, proving the Enigmas strength during World War II.
The Enigmas impact on World War II brought security and strength to the Germans that was very unwanted by the Allies. Germany felt that with the Enigma the Allies had no chance against them. This gave the Axis powers more confidence and power over the Allies. Germany with this machine was able to send encrypted messages without anyone intercepting them and being able to crack that message. The Enigmas were so wanted by the Allies so that they could use them against the Germans. As a result, it was expected of the Germans to do everything in their power to protect the Enigmas from getting to the Allies. The whole process of breaking the Enigmas started in France but France only dealt with them for a little …show more content…
Bletchley Park was the center of where all the Enigmas were being cracked and used to defeat the Axis powers. Any intelligence that was given to the British by the Enigmas was considered and called Ultra. At the start of World War II not a lot of progress was being made or being put to use. However, in 1940 there was a little impact on the destruction of the Enigma, two German Luftwaffe ciphers were cracked. Later, it would be decided that all focus at Bletchley Park would basically go toward the Naval Enigmas. Britain felt like if they were focused on breaking the naval codes they could figure out all the whereabouts of the German U-boats and direct American boats that were carrying supplies away from their path. Although, the only way this could even be possible is with the help of Alan Turing and his machine called the bombe. Alan's machine was basically the first ever form of a computer. Alan had such a huge impact that by the time he had cracked the Enigma in 1943 his machine was producing 84,000 messages each month, otherwise considered two messages every minute (Copeland). Turing’s machine was based off all the Enigmas combined, it was engineered to cycle through 17,567 combinations of letters in two hours (Rakus- Andersson, 93). As a