Questions On Alan Turing: Breaking The Enigma Code
Alan Turing: Breaking the Enigma Code Steven Go
Professor Tobie Tondi
Religious Questions of the Holocaust
THRS 390 – 01
February 17, 2015
YZDS EHVSQM means nothing, and remains useless, unless one is given the correct code to decrypt the secret message. Perhaps it means “Stop Please” or “Heil Hitler” as the German Nazi’s would always end their secret message when relaying them during World War II. Germans utilized the Enigma machine to scramble and encipher hidden messages to relay the location or positions of where their troops were, and plan their next attack. Through the help of Alan Turing, highly regarded as the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence, he successfully decrypted the Enigma code. Through decrypting each message the Germans sent, he and his colleagues saved millions of lives, and historians estimate that he shortened the war by as many as two to four years. His life story has laid the foundations for the modern computer age which continues to play a central role in today’s life.
1) Who is Alan Turing and what is the Enigma code?
Alan Turing was a brilliant mathematician, cryptographer and a pioneer of computer science. It has been …show more content…
If Turing and his group had not weakened the U-boats hold on the North Atlantic, the 1944 Allied invasion of Europe, D-Day landings, could have been delayed, perhaps by a year or even longer. The North Atlantic played a significant role as this was the route that ammunition, fuel, food and troops had to travel in order to reach Britain from America. Historians note that any delay in timing of the invasion, could have put Hitler in a stronger position to withstand the Allied assault. It is estimated that Turing had saved around 14 to 21 million people, as each year during the war had seven million
Professor Tobie Tondi
Religious Questions of the Holocaust
THRS 390 – 01
February 17, 2015
YZDS EHVSQM means nothing, and remains useless, unless one is given the correct code to decrypt the secret message. Perhaps it means “Stop Please” or “Heil Hitler” as the German Nazi’s would always end their secret message when relaying them during World War II. Germans utilized the Enigma machine to scramble and encipher hidden messages to relay the location or positions of where their troops were, and plan their next attack. Through the help of Alan Turing, highly regarded as the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence, he successfully decrypted the Enigma code. Through decrypting each message the Germans sent, he and his colleagues saved millions of lives, and historians estimate that he shortened the war by as many as two to four years. His life story has laid the foundations for the modern computer age which continues to play a central role in today’s life.
1) Who is Alan Turing and what is the Enigma code?
Alan Turing was a brilliant mathematician, cryptographer and a pioneer of computer science. It has been …show more content…
If Turing and his group had not weakened the U-boats hold on the North Atlantic, the 1944 Allied invasion of Europe, D-Day landings, could have been delayed, perhaps by a year or even longer. The North Atlantic played a significant role as this was the route that ammunition, fuel, food and troops had to travel in order to reach Britain from America. Historians note that any delay in timing of the invasion, could have put Hitler in a stronger position to withstand the Allied assault. It is estimated that Turing had saved around 14 to 21 million people, as each year during the war had seven million