[SIGCIS-Members] More on WW II Computing

[John Impagliazzo]

Hi all,

I thought you might be interested in this BBC rendition of another part of computing history.  Currently, it is available only in the UK.  

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Documentary that reveals the secret story behind one of the greatest intellectual feats of World War II, a feat that gave birth to the digital age. In 1943, a 24-year-old maths student and a GPO engineer combined to hack into Hitler's personal super-code machine - not Enigma but an even tougher system, which he called his 'secrets writer'. Their break turned the Battle of Kursk, powered the D-day landings and orchestrated the end of the conflict in Europe. But it was also to be used during the Cold War - which meant both men's achievements were hushed up and never officially recognised.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016ltm0 

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John

John Impagliazzo, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Hofstra University 
Editor-in-Chief, ACM Inroads; IEEE Life Fellow