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Title
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Cipher Tools and Machines
Subject
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Cipher tools and machines
Description
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Cipher Tools and Machines contains examples of cipher tools and machines seen through out history, particularly within the context of military history. From Ancient Greece to the Cold War, cryptology has played a significant part in the communication and intelligence efforts between opposing forces.
They, along with cryptanalysts, have even been credited with shortening the duration of wars. Without the British intelligence project ULTRA, WWII may have lasted for another two years. However, while many great cryptanalysts hail from Britain, the UK is not exclusive in their cryptographic abilities. The Enigma was invented in Germany, and its stronger rendition, Fialka- in Russia. In comparison to these cryptomachines, the US SIGABA remains unbroken. Those are only a few cipher machines flound in this collection.
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Cryptomachine
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Title
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SIGABA
Subject
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SIGABA
Description
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SIGABA was an electro-mechanical cipher machine created in the late 1930s by the US Army and Navy. It was considered an impressive cryptomachine in that time period to the degree that it was used throughout WWII and into the 1950s.
By the end of WWII, over 10,000 machines had been deployed. They were used notably by the US Navy in submarines and battleships. Although the number of machines was less than half the quantity of the Enigma machines used by the Germans, they still kept high-level communications secured. In fact, SIGABA has never been broken.
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US Army and Navy
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https://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/usa/sigaba/index.htm
Publisher
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Cryptomuseum
Date
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1930s-1950s
Contributor
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Cryptomuseum
Format
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.JPEG
Type
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Cryptomachine
SIGABA
WWII