Alastair Denniston Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Alastair Denniston, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

3 records1939–19411 events3 places

Chronological biography

1939

Enigma MachineJanuary 1939

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Paris

Represents GC&CS at the January Paris meeting with Polish and French cryptologists.

Enigma Machine25 July 1939

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Pyry

Learns at Pyry that Poland has reconstructed military Enigma and built working cryptanalytic machinery.

1941

Enigma MachineJanuary 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Bletchley Park

Shows visiting American intelligence officers the British Bombe during the Sinkov Mission.

Record provenance

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