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Dolphin U-boat Key

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1941

Alan Mathison TuringJune 1941

Bletchley Park · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Hut 8 work, including Turings methods, helps make the German U-boat key Dolphin readable on a near-daily basis during the summer.

Names involved

Alan Mathison Turing

Provenance

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