Once Enigma was broken, Turing and his team—including the brilliant Joan Clarke —faced a horrifying choice. If they used the intelligence to stop every attack, the Germans would realize the code was broken and change it.
He designed a massive electromechanical device, which he named (after a childhood friend who had died). The Imitation Game
Enigma had over 150 quintillion possible settings. Once Enigma was broken, Turing and his team—including
In 2013, Queen Elizabeth II granted him a posthumous pardon. Today, he is celebrated as the , the man who taught us that sometimes "the people no one imagines anything of are the ones who do the things no one can imagine." If you'd like to dive deeper, I can: Compare the movie's plot to the real historical facts Enigma had over 150 quintillion possible settings
In 1952, he was prosecuted for being gay, which was then a crime in the UK.
By finding a "crib"—a repeated phrase like "Heil Hitler" or "Weather Report"—the machine could narrow down the quintillions of options in seconds. 🕯️ The Secret Victory