The Enigma Machine
By Alys Lloyd
What is The Enigma Machine?
An Enigma machine is used for the encryption and decryption of secret messages. The Enigma was invented by a German inventor at the end of World War. The early models were used in the early 1920s, and where adapted by military and government services before and during World War 2. Several different Enigma models were produced, but the German models where the ones that where most commonly used.
What was the Enigma used for?
The Enigma was used to create secret codes. Aswell as this, it was also used to crack secret codes and messages. In world war one the German's used these machines to send unrecognisable messages to each other which could not be cracked with out a correctly wired Enigma machine. Bletchly park in England was made to try and crack these codes.
An open Enigma Machine
The Enigma Machine was very complex and had to be wired up each morning in preparation for the day.
An Enigma Machine at work
A team of Britians top university students were called apon for help to crack these codes in Bletchly Park.
Bletchly Park
Bletchly Park is now a museum and open to the general public.