Codes and Ciphers
in the
Second World War

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The following items are now available for purchase:

The "Break Enigma!" CD.
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CD02
This CD ROM provides a challenge to would be code breakers with real original cipher texts to break! It is auto booting, so will go straight into the index page on inserting the CD. It is not for the faint hearted but it provides a very full account of how Enigma was broken in WW II. Cost:
5.00 GBP

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A revised DVD of the Colossus Mk 2 rebuild breaking a Lorenz cipher text and a booklet on the Mk 2.
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DVDC02 P or N
A 40 minute video of the rebuilt Colossus Mk2 breaking a German Lorenz cipher text for the first time since 1945.
This was achieved in October 2004 complete with wheel stepping, Set Totals and typewriter print out. Also on the DVD is a description of the Lorenz cipher and how it was attacked. 		Cost:
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The first in a series of DVDs of
Tony Sale's Lectures on World War II
code breaking. 		Product code:
DVDL01 P or N
Lecture No. 1. "The Early Days of WW II in Bletchley Park" This 54 minute DVD gives access via its Menu, to 9 segments of the lecture each of 6 mins duration. The lecture covers the pre war Victorian Bletchley Park, and the birth of the Government Codes and Ciphers School. It describes the purchase and occupation of the Park and how it evolved in the early days of the war. Included is a booklet containing copies of most of the OHP slides for reference if these are not clear on the TV screen. Cost:
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The second in a series of DVDs of
Tony Sale's Lectures on World War II
code breaking. 		Product code:
DVDL02 P or N
Lecture No. 2. "Bigrams, Trigrams and Naval Enigma" This one hour DVD, of a lecture given in 1999, gives access via its Menu, to 9 segments of the lecture each of 6 to 7 mins duration. After an introduction to the Enigma machine, the Naval Enigma Indicator coding system is described, how Alan Turing worked it out and then his Banburismus attack on Naval Enigma. Included is a booklet containing copies of most of the OHP slides for reference if these are not clear on the TV screen. Cost:
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A DVD of the Recreation of
World War II COLOSSUS computer, Phase 1 1994 - 1996.
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DVDC01 P or N
A 50 minute amateur video capture of the first phase of the recreation of COLOSSUS, the World War II computer used to break the German Lorenz cipher. This recreation has been painstakingly done by Tony Sale and the Colossus Rebuild Team from just eight wartime photographs and ten fragments of circuit diagram. Included is a booklet describing the recreation. Cost:
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  1. This page was originally created by the late Tony Sale
    the original curator of the Bletchley Park Museum.