For anyone interested in this stuff - “Battle of Wits” is a great book about cryptanalysis in WW2.
tehnoslow 1 hour ago|
Thanks, now I know what I'm going to read next
AlexCoventry 4 hours ago||
IIRC from Prof: Alan Turing Decoded, Turing was sent to the US to work on this for a while, but wasn't able to contribute much, because the Americans didn't really trust him.
idontwantthis 2 hours ago||
Does anyone know how they synchronized the time? Was a radio signal fast enough?
vessenes 52 minutes ago|
Wikipedia says 'precise clocks' which I would guess was quartz clocks on the back of radio synchronization. It was definitely well within the capabilities of the scientists of this period to precisely calibrate against radio wave time delays from London, Australia, etc.