· One of the key objectives for the Allies during WWII was to find a way to break the code to be able to decrypt German communications A team of Polish cryptanalysts was the first to break Enigma codes as early as 1932, however the German used more advanced Enigma machines making it virtually impossible to break the Enigma code using traditional methods99 · Germany's famous messagecoding machine Enigma looks roughly like a typewriter but is infinitely more complexThe Germans believed breaking an Enigma code was impossible An Enigma machine in use in 1943 The prominent rotors at the top of the machine identify it as a "threerotor" type Below the rotors is the lampboard, just below that the keyboard, and below the keyboard and hidden by the operator's hands is the plugboard
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