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That's interesting, I've never heard that before, do you have a reference? Thanks

• richardwigley 12y ago
  German military texts enciphered on the Enigma machine were first broken by the Polish Cipher Bureau, beginning in December 1932. This success was a result of efforts by three Polish cryptologists, Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski, working for Polish military intelligence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine
• xxxyy 12y ago
  Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma#Polish_breakthrough http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma#Pol... The 20 years between the wars were an amazing time in Poland. It was perhaps the best time in Polish history of mathematics, with remarkable contributions from Stefan Banach and his other Lvov friends: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Banach http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Banach http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lw%C3%B3w_School_of_Mathematics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lw%C3%B3w_School_of_Mathematics
• pja 12y ago
  Read any book on the history in question - it's no secret that the Poles were responsible for working out the details of the Enigma machines and how to break them. The British took their work and developed it into methods that were more general & powerful. Wikipedia is a good as place to start as any - follow the references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma.
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