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  1. Enigma machine - Wikipedia

    The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication. It was employed extensively by Nazi Germany …

  2. Enigma | Definition, Machine, History, Alan Turing, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 12, 2025 · Enigma, device used by the German military to encode strategic messages before and during World War II. The Enigma code was first broken by the Poles in the early 1930s.

  3. The Enigma Machine - The National Museum of Computing

    Enigma was the trade name of the cipher machine used by the German armed forces, the security and intelligence organisations and the railways during World War Two.

  4. Enigma Machine - CIA

    Intercepting and translating code gave the Allied forces a strategic advantage over the Germans. During World War II, the Germans used the Enigma, a cipher machine, to develop nearly unbreakable …

  5. Enigma Machine | Brilliant Math & Science Wiki

    Alan Turing and other researchers exploited a few weaknesses in the implementation of the Enigma code and gained access to German codebooks, and this allowed them to design a machine called a …

  6. What is an Enigma cipher machine? | Christie's

    Oct 27, 2025 · The British mathematician Alan Turing led the Second World War struggle to break the German enciphering machine, the Enigma. This machine, used by all German armed services, …

  7. Enigma History - Crypto Museum

    In 1919, Scherbius started the development of a rather large typewriter-style cipher machine, which became known as Die Handelsmaschine. It was marketed from 1923 by Scherbius & Ritter of Berlin …

  8. The Enigma Machine was Germany’s main cryptographic device during the Second World War. It was invented in 1919 by Dutchman, Hugo Koch. It was first produced commercially by Arthur Scherbius …

  9. The Enigma Machine: How It Changed WWII and Cryptography

    Feb 2, 2025 · The Enigma Machine was one of the most formidable encryption devices of its time, yet human ingenuity prevailed. The codebreakers’ success not only helped defeat Nazi Germany but …

  10. The Imitation Game: How Did The Enigma Machine Work?

    Oct 19, 2023 · The Enigma Machine was a cipher machine that was developed back in the 1920s. It was meant to be a cipher device that would help in the transmission and reception of classified messages …