The German army possessed a coding-machine known as Enigma. He is considered the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence and played a key role in deciphering the Enigma code. The renowned mathematician Alan Turing was on the staff of the GC&CS and worked at Bletchley Park. A manor house that had been built in the 1800’s surrounded by over 50 acres of land provided GC&CS (the forerunner of the GCHQ) space to house an increasing number of personnel dedicated to breaking the coded messages of the Axis powers.
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Bletchley Park was bought by the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), purchased by Admiral Sir Hugh Sinclair, then Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, in his own name to conceal the real purpose. In 1938, as the likelihood of a war in Europe was growing, UK government departments were looking to relocate outside London away from potential air raids. It has now been transformed into a vibrant museum bringing this best-kept secret into the open. “The Intelligence Factory” exhibition at Bletchley Park opens up the world and achievements of the Enigma code-breakers.Īn unprepossessing set of buildings in a remote part of Buckinghamshire in the English countryside was, at that time, actually home to over 9000 people who were eventually credited as being collectively responsible for shortening the war by two years and saving tens of thousands of lives. And during the Second World War, that was how it was intended to be. For those who have not seen the 2014 film “The Imitation Game” or the earlier (2001) film “Enigma”, the name Bletchley Park may still be a mystery.
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