#lorenz cipher

Colossus computer – The world’s first programmable, electronic computer is being exhibited in Bletchley

A set of computers developed by British code breakers in the years 1943–1945 to help in the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher. The Lorenz were German rotor stream cipher machines used by the German Army during World War II. Colossus regarded as the world’s first programmable, electronic, digital computer A functioning rebuild of a Mark 2 Colossus was completed in 2008 by Tony Sale and a team of…

Tommy Flowers – Developed the Computer that beat Hitler

Tommy Flowers

Thomas ‘Tommy” Flowers is perhaps one of the most important and least known people in modern computing history. Born on this date, Dec 22, in 1905,  Flowers developed the first electronic programmable computer, known as Colossus.

Colossus was designed specifically for decoding intercepted communication between the top leadership of the Nazi party including Hitler, Admiral Durnetz…

Lorenz Cipher Teleprinter Tape 1939/1945