Permanent historical factsheet

Mathematical Cryptanalysis of Enigma

Poland · Science / Mathematics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1932Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1932

Marian Rejewski1932

Warsaw · Science / Mathematics

Achieves a breakthrough in mechanized cipher analysis before the Second World War.

Names involved

Marian Rejewski

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.