Keeping war plans secret is vital to save troops’ lives and avoid setbacks. However, the Allies had a trick up their sleeve when fighting the Axis powers. The Allied forces crossed the English Channel ...

Machine Enigma and its coding system were designed and patented for both civil and military service by a German engineer Arthur Scherbius in February 1918. It was a cipher machine based on rotating ...

The mechanism known as the Bombe was England’s answer to Germany’s Enigma encryption machine. Bombe electrical data plus human clues allowed Alan Turing and others to crack many Enigma messages. In ...

BEDFORD, Texas, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- An original World War II German Enigma machine, one of the most important cipher devices in history, will be offered in Rock Island Auction Company's Dec.

Used during WWII to encrypt messages, the Enigma Machine has a fascinating history and unique workings. This animation delves ...

USS Arizona (Attack on Pearl Harbor) An animated explanation of the engineering behind the USS Arizona, the battleship destroyed during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Enigma cipher machines have endured in the minds of history buffs and cryptography hobbyists for more than a century, still discovered at dusty French flea markets and dredged up from under beach ...