This seems a little odd. Yes, Alan Turing looms large in the public consciousness; his various Polish contemporaries, not so much. But to anyone who has looke

This seems a little odd. Yes, Alan Turing looms large in the public consciousness; his various Polish contemporaries, not so much. But to anyone who has looked into the history of these events, the work of the Polish is no secret, nor has their story been "lost". For example, some years ago I visited the National Cryptologic Museum[1] in Fort Meade, MD. They were very clear that the enigma code was cracked primarily through the efforts of Polish cryptologists. [1] Highly recommended. They have -- among many other interesting things -- an actual enigma machine, and they let you type on it! (Well, they let me type on it, anyway.)