At the end of World War II, the Germans ordered all Enigma cipher machines destroyed. Around the same time, Churchill ordered all Enigma cipher machines destroyed. Add a few decades, neglect the ...

The Enigma (see diagram below) was used solely to encipher and decipher messages. In its standard form it could not type a message out, let alone transmit or receive it. From the cipher operator's ...

Their project is instead modeled on the original Enigma M4 cipher machine, and aside from a bit of artistic license, we think they nailed the visual style. As for functionality, the guide claims ...

Photo: A four-rotor German Enigma cipher machine made during WW2. This rare machine is thought to have been used in the post-war years for coding Swiss diplomatic traffic. (SSPL/Getty Images ...

Probably the most important cryptographic event of the war was the successful decryption by the Allies of the German "Enigma" Cipher. The first complete break into Enigma was accomplished by ...

Hagelin B-21; the beginning of the Hagelin pin wheel machines, superficially resembling the Enigma; developed by Boris Hagelin based on Arvid Gerhard Damm's patented design of the B-18; it has two pin ...