Veterans mark code-breaking machine’s 75th anniversary

By 2019-05-29Science & Tech
Image copyright National Museum of Computing
Image caption A team of 39 women who worked on Colossus, known as C Watch, pictured circa 1945

Veterans who worked on a code-breaking computer credited with shortening World War Two have reunited to mark 75 years since its creation.

Colossus was the world’s first programmable computer and went into operation at Bletchley Park in 1944.

The machine was used to decipher encrypted messages sent between Hitler and his generals.

Former workers gathered at The National Museum of Computing where there is a working reconstruction of the machine.

Due to secrecy surrounding the work at code-breaking base Bletchley Park ... Read even more

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