MADAME X THE STORY OF 003: The U.S. Army Cryptologic Bombe in World War II - Softcover

Barbakoff, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798583897247

Publisher: Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

Breaking Enigma enciphered messages was central to the allies war with Germany and Italy in World War II. Cryptologic Bombes were developed to help find some of the keys necessary to break into Enigma. Much has been written about the development of Bombes, initially by the Polish codebreakers of the Biuro Szyfrów then by Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman and Harold 'Doc' Keen at Bletchley Park. Subsequently NCR built Bombes for the U.S. Navy. Less well known is the development of a single cryptologic Bombe for the U.S. Army's Signal Intelligence Service known variously as Madame X or '003' using a completely different technology. This book tells the story of Madame X and its contribution to the World War II Enigma code war. Based on relatively recent declassification of documents by the NSA, this is the first book to focus on a million dollar machine that has achieved a certain legendary status in cryptanalytic circles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798583897247
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 59