One of the greatest accomplishments in the history of cryptography occurred in 1940 when a Swedish mathematician broke the German code used for strategic military communications. This is the story of Arne Beurling's wartime achievement.
One of the greatest accomplishments in the history of cryptography occurred in 1940 when a Swedish mathematician broke the German code used for strategic military communications. This story has all the elements of a classic thriller: a desperate wartime s
Map; The world's first ciphering machine; Damm, Hagelin, and Gylden; Radio signal interception and cryptanalysis before 1939; War; Enter Arne Beurling; The Russian Baltic Navy; Mysterious signals; Teleprinters; Beurling's Analysis; The G-Schreiber and the
One of the greatest accomplishments in the history of cryptography occurred in 1940 when a Swedish mathematician broke the German code used for strategic military communications. This story has all the elements of a classic thriller: a desperate wartime s
Map; The world's first ciphering machine; Damm, Hagelin, and Gylden; Radio signal interception and cryptanalysis before 1939; War; Enter Arne Beurling; The Russian Baltic Navy; Mysterious signals; Teleprinters; Beurling's Analysis; The G-Schreiber and the