It was the middle of the second world war, and Britain could intercept messages sent throughout Germany that could prevent future battles. Though there was one hiccup: Britain couldn't understand them. The messages were encrypted in such an advanced way that they couldn’t be decrypted. It didn't matter that they could intercept the messages because they didn't mean anything to them as they were. The Enigma Code held the secret to winning the war, it being able to withhold information about future battles and plans, at least until the code was cracked. A group of British mathematicians headed by Alan Turing figured out and decrypted the Enigma code. The breaking of the Enigma was the biggest turning point of WWII against the Axis Powers because …show more content…
Some historians believe that the cracking of Enigma was the single most important victory by the Allied powers during WWII, simply due to the central powers using information that they decoded from the Germans to prevent many attacks with the constant knowledge of the Nazi’s next moves (Brilliant). The information from the enigma’s decoding stopped many of the Axis power’s efforts to wage war further and allowed for the central powers Moon 2 to have a major advantage in terms of preparation and became better as the defending side of the war. A report on the Enigma’s decipherment from the team of Alan Turing on the 1st of November 1939 states that new methods and key components “… will enable us to solve all further messages for that day at once” (Turing). The Bombe, which was the name for the decyphering machine that Turing’s team used was so efficient that it was able to solve and decode many if not all messages sent, messages that could hold vital information about the war that when properly prepared could stop an attack and saves hundreds of lives in the process. The decryption of the enigma was the biggest turning point as it revealed …show more content…
Alan Turing and his team's efforts were more important in the war effort than even they knew while making the Bombe. The breaking of the enigma code was the biggest turning point in WWII war since the information gained prevented many battles and attacks from doing even more damage and casualties through good preparation. Its importance in the war is also attributed to how hidden the messages were. The skill of Alan Turing and his team to be able to decode many if not all of the messages sent gave the central powers a huge advantage in terms of defense and tactical knowledge that saved many lives and gave them more ground to stand on in WWII. The breaking of the enigma code made to secretly send messages and information about their efforts to wage war was the largest game changer in the second world war because it prevented many battles, attacks, and death to occur while also giving the central powers a better defense during the war to give time for their attacks. The enigma code being decrypted also has some impacts outside of the war itself and in the modern era. Alan Turing’s findings revolutionized code-making and solving in history. The enigma in WWII led to many present-world uses
The best scientist is gathered to make the first atomic bomb that would be later dropped on Japan's biggest cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The cities are completely destroyed and are unlivable. After that Japan finally surrenders ending World War II. If the U.S didn't bomb these cities the war would have continued pointlessly. The significance of all the events that World War II is that each of them has done something significant or insignificant that has affected the war.
Without the execution of the Dieppe raid, the Allied forces would have lost the war against Hitler and the Nazis, in World War Two. The Dieppe raid allowed the Allied forces to gain confidential German documents regarding future German operations, prevented Hitler from capturing the Soviet Union, and made the Allied forces learn how to organize and execute an army and a military operation respectively. The Allied forces needed to know what the Germany army was up to, and they can only get this information through German codes and ciphers (“Dieppe Uncovered”). In fact, David O’Keefe, a historian, says, “The Dieppe raid was used to
The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II Communication was very important in World War II, as it is in every war. If an enemy had the knowledge of the next attack plan, it would be easy for them to counter that move and eventually win the war. Every country, during World War II worked to create an unbreakable, efficient code that would allow them to communicate freely without the understanding of the opposing side. The Germans came close with the creation of Enigma. Enigma was a machine that used a system of notched wheels to scramble messages.
The war marked a time for innovation and intellectual improvement all around the world. The Japanese had broken every code used but the Allies, leading to uncertainty in the Pacific Theater section of the war. The Allies continued to fight through these hardships, but when Pearl Harbor showed that the Japanese were making direct attacks against America, the bombing sparked a reinvigorated effort to create a new way to transmit coded messages safely. Thusly the Code Talker program was created. Philip Johnston was the white American man who created the Code Talkers initiative.
Winston Churchill was correct because by the end of 1943, the Allies had full control of the Atlantic Ocean and were transporting military supplies to Great Britain. If it was never for the transported military supplies to a Great Britain the Allies would have never won World War II. Without this victory, Germany would have control of Europe. This historic Battle of the Atlantic was for the a monumental conquest for
During World War 2, there were many battles involving many different countries. Such as the war between Japan and the U.S. which was one of the most memorable events in history in WW2 because of the creation of the atomic bomb. Which was a bomb that was extremely powerful using the energy of an atom. This led Roosevelt to create an American atomic bomb program. This program led to the Manhattan Project, where scientists made their first nuclear reactor that could make a powerful bomb.
July 16, 1939, Einstein 's letter. But, before his letter, President Truman 's decided to drop an atomic bomb that shook the world. The historians are conversing the use of the bomb on live population. With a few doubts, the United states developed a weapon before the war has even begun. This would not have happened if it wasn’t for a Hungarian physicist named Leo Szilard and Albert Einstein.
World War 2 was a very scary time in history. The main person in World War 2 was Adolf Hitler. He was an insane person who wanted to kill every Jew in the world. He started the Holocaust where millions of Jews died. He also made the Nazi party to kill the Jews.
The fact that an Atomic Bomb could wipe out a whole population in a matter of seconds. America created the first nuclear weapon that helped with the war after the Japanese refused to surrender. The atomic bomb had influenced other countries into considering or even creating their own nuclear weapons for their country. The result of the atomic bomb being dropped was a main factor in the Cold Wars. The atomic bomb is the most important historical turning point in American history.
The Allies gathered intelligence through a variety of means, including aerial reconnaissance, code-breaking, and deception tactics. For example, the Allies used aerial reconnaissance to gather information about German troop movements and fortifications along the Normandy coast, which helped to inform their invasion plans. Code-breaking also played a crucial role in providing intelligence to the Allies. The British Government Code and Cypher School, led by Alan Turing, successfully cracked the German Enigma code, allowing the Allies to intercept and decode German communications. This intelligence provided crucial information about German military plans and intentions, which helped to shape the Allied strategy for the Normandy Invasion.
In the Pacific Theater, the scientific breakthrough of the atomic bomb controlled the war, as Japan, who would’ve fought to their death, was forced to surrender after this devastating technology hit them. In the end, uses of new technology evidently swayed the war and proved that the more advanced country had the advantage over the less-equipped
In 1939, the scientific community, specifically German physicists had learned the secrets of splitting a uranium atom (The Manhattan Project” 2015). America realized that Adolf Hitler’s Germany obtained a massive amount of scientific talent. With their access had necessary raw materials and knowledge of the splitting of the uranium atom, they had the industrial capacity to produce an atomic bomb(“Manhattan Project”2014). The atomic bomb would eventually become the turning point of weaponry during World War II. On October 11, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein about the splitting of the uranium atom which could be beneficial in developing weapons for America during World War II.
The US had developed a strong intelligence service and they were able to contribute to the intelligence already gathered by the Allies, this included teaching them how to break Axis codes, as well as gather valuable information about the Axis military plans and their movements. They also were able to further improve on radar and sonar technology which allowed them to detect and track the Axis military and figure out their plans. This intelligence and code-breaking skills allowed for the Allies to better anticipate and be able to properly respond to the Axis military movements and ultimately played a key role in their
World War II was one of the biggest wars the world has ever witnessed. If the US hadn’t stopped the Japanese and Germans our way of life could be completely different. The balance of the world could be shifted forever. Although many Americans give credit to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki for ending the war other things or people contributed majorly to the ending of World War II. A code, still undeciphered to this day, should be given major credit for the US’ success during the war.
Turing proved himself to be a valuable genius and his contributions to designing the Bombe were significant during World War II, but he encountered disgrace when authorities revealed he was homosexual. Two years after he was convicted of “gross indecency”, he committed suicide by ingesting a lethal