code breaking in world war II
During World War II, different countries started using secret codes to communicate through radio messages. These codes were supposed to make the messages indecipherable to their enemies. Germany, Britain, Japan, the United States, Poland, and other countries began using these technologies to try and keep their tactics and strategies secret in order to increase their chances of winning the war. As communication became more and more secret, the concept of code breaking became prevalent. Each country had their own strategy or machine to help them figure out how to break the codes of their enemies, thus giving them an advantage. Germany created the Enigma. Great Britain created a huge center for code breaking known as Bletchley Park, where the Allies worked together to, in addition to other things, crack the German Enigma codes. Once a code was broken, the code breaker was privy to top secret information such as the location of ships and new strategies. Code breaking was a revolutionary advancement that changed the way World War II was fought.
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