Breaking the Enigma

Triumph and Tragedy of the Polish-German Cipher War
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-7065-4536-5
Verlag: Studien Verlag, Austria

Sonstiges, Englisch, 1 Seiten, Format (B × H): 130 mm x 190 mm, Gewicht: 80 g

Reihe: Studien Verlag

In the 1920s the German Reichswehr adopts the cipher machine Enigma to secure military radio communication. During the Third Reich, Enigma machines are put into operation in numerous Wehrmacht units. Poland, which is imminently threatened by the German rearmament, begins efforts to break the Enigma-encoded messages. Marian Rejewski, a young mathematician employed by the Polish Armys General Staff, finally succeeds in reconstructing the machine, breaking its codes and decrypting its ciphers. This CD recapitulates this remarkable episode, when a brilliant 27-year-old mathematician triumphs over the advanced German war machine. A 3D-model allows for insights into the innermost parts of Enigma; an additional CD-layer offers Rejewskis Enigma calculations. Moreover, a fully functional reconstruction of the Enigma allows users to explore interactively the encoding system

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moritsch, Otmar

Pensold, Wolfgang

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder