Bletchley Park, the laboratory of geniuses who read the spirit of Adolf Hitler – 04/11/2019

Converted into a fascinating museum about a 45-minute train ride from London, Bletchley Park was a shining focus of mind that deciphered, after indefatigable work, the impossible Nazi codes in the second world war.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the landing in Normandy (June 6th), this place, beset by secrecy and military plots, inaugurates Thursday a new exhibition: "D-Day: Interception, intelligence, invasion."

In the sample, a new film is presented which, in twelve minutes, highlights the key role played by the thousands of employees who have operated at Bletchley Park to provide key intelligence to the Allied forces in the preparations for this invasion.

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"For the first time, we tell the whole story of the involvement of Bletchley Park workers during the 18 months of planning before the day of the landing, then the displacement of Allied troops from Normandy to France", said Peronel Craddock, exhibition manager for the complex.

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"Operation Overlord" (code name) began June 6, 1944 and eventually led to the liberation of the territories of Western Europe occupied by Nazi Germany.

Craddock highlights the "quality" and "quantity" of the decoding work done in secrecy in this place. This served above all to "avoid more casualties" and to give an advantage to the allies.

In this rural and unbaduming environment, near the English city of Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire county), these men and women have left their skin to penetrate and understand the hundreds of thousands of intelligence communications exchanged between Hitler and his high command.

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We remember the unfortunate mathematical genius Alan Turing, who unveiled the sophisticated German Enigma code, one of the big questions that allies faced during the fight.

With the Enigma machine, the German navy has communicated with its submarines to intercept supply convoys that the United States I sent to England.

At Blethcley Park, you can contemplate today a copy of one of these machines.

Misunderstood in his day, Turing was recruited by the Bletchley Park security teams in 1939. It's there that he created the famous Bomb machine, with which he found a way to penetrate the confidential messages of the German forces.

In the imposing Victorian residence (named specifically Bletchley Park) that chairs this complex, one also misses the historical relevance of another genius, Bill Tutte, whose role was crucial to read the spirit of the Nazi dictator.

After months of frustration during which the Germans increasingly complicated their confidential messages, Tutte's work was essential to understanding how the Lorenz system, which used even more complex codes than those of Enigma, worked. facilitate communication between the commanded highs. of the German army.

The tireless work of these people He discovered the best kept secrets of Hitler.

With these complex decoding systems, Bletchley Park experts have learned that through a military entertainment program, Hitler had been led to believe that the invasion of the allies would be in the Pas de Calais and not in Normandy.

In the aforementioned video, it is recalled how the German army has affected a large part of its troops in Calais, leaving a minimum of resistance in Normandy.

At the end of the conflict, Bletchley Park was closed, and the delicate operations that were carried out inside They were hidden from the public.

EFE Agency.

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