Cracking one of the most complicated cipher devices ever created -- the Enigma machine -- may not have been what Britain's Mavis Batey envisioned when she studied the German romantic poets at ...

During World War II, dozens of women students at Cambridge University worked around the clock in complete secrecy to crack Nazi codes, but only now are the unsung heroes getting recognition. At least ...

The Imitation Game,” set during World War II, has great moments even when not sticking to the facts. The film follows ...

A team of divers found this rusted—but still recognizable—Enigma cipher machine at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The Nazis used the device to encode secret military messages during WWII. World ...

Throughout history, the ability to intercept and decode enemy communications has often determined the outcome of battles, campaigns, and entire wars. The story of cryptography in warfare is one of ...