Cryptology by Paul Millard
Cryptology by Paul Millard
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Cryptology
by Paul Millard
Dbo zpv sfbe uijt? Jut b tfdsfu dpef! If you dont
understand that, it is because I wrote it in a secret
code. It isnt a very complicated code. I just
changed every letter for the one following it in the
alphabet. So, b is c, c is d and so on. Fbtz!
Secret codes are not a new idea. They are
almost as old as writing itself. We know that the
Ancient Egyptians and Greeks used them, as did
the Arabs of a thousand years ago. They were
especially important in war. Commanders didnt
want the enemy to capture their messages and
understand their plans, so they wrote them in
code. Of course, the enemy did want to
understand the messages, so they would try to
find the code, or break it.
Atlantic danger
Most of the British code-breakers thought that
Enigma was unbreakable. They were especially
concerned about the Enigma variations used by
the German navy. The submarines sent by Hitler
to attack ships in the Atlantic were probably the
greatest danger faced by the British and
American allies in the war. Britain needed food
and other essentials from outside, and the
Americans needed to send soldiers and supplies
safely across the ocean. Without breaking the
code, there was little chance of defeating the
submarines. Without control of the Atlantic, there
was little chance of victory.
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