Letter 11 - Code Breaking
WWII Code Breaking
Whether it was cracking the code of the Enigma machine, discovering small brown dots under envelope flaps that actually turned out to be minuscule photographs of classified documents, or Navajo Code Talkers, Code breaking was a large and necessary element that helped the Allies win the war.
Here are a few of our favorite resources spanning this fascinating topic
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-indian-code-talkers
Breaking the Japanese Code to Win the Battle of Midway:
https://www.history.com/news/battle-midway-codebreakers-allies-pacific-theater
The Women Codebreakers:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-women-codebreakers-wwii-helped-win-war-180965058/
Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18419691
German Microdots:
https://www.forensicmag.com/562206-FBI-Artifact-of-the-Month-Microdot-Object/