Who really broke Enigma? - lecture by Sir Dermot Turing in Dublin [2:39]

YouTube ^ | April 11, 2023 | Polish Embassy in Ireland

[SunkenCiv]

Sir Dermot Turing, renowned historian and nephew of Alan Turing, delivered a lecture based on his book "X Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken" on 29 March, 2023, in Trinity College Dublin.
Drawing on recently declassified archives Sir Dermot Turing told in full the real story how Enigma was broken. He fully acknowledged the groundbreaking work of Polish mathematicians produced as early as 1930s which subsequently led to the joint efforts of the French, British and Polish secret services (X, Y and Z) during the Second World War.

Who really broke Enigma? - lecture by Sir Dermot Turing in Dublin | 2:39
Polish Embassy in Ireland | 265 subscribers | 32,579 views | April 11, 2023

[Texas Fossil]

Yes.

Informed is a very broad word and goal.

But I too try to understand things around me and things that I see connections in many places.

[GOPJ]

And yet we are being blocked and cannot access the my Social Security information site because we cannot receive mobile SMS messages to verify who we are. Yes, we do have telephone numbers in Japan (and even an Internet based U.S. phone number) but those numbers lie outside the security blanket of US mobile phone connections.

So how does Social Security communicate with us? Well, that's the role of the Federal Benefits Unit in Tokyo, operating out of the U.S. embassy, who maintains contact with all the Americans resident in Japan through postal letters, phone calls, and on-line-submitted exchange of info and questions.

Interesting stuff pundit... I see a future book here - letting American newcomers know what to expect. You might want to file your experiences so when the time comes to write, the book will almost write itself.

[poconopundit]

Thank you for your valuable perspective in the publishing realm.  A book is a good idea for sure.

I'm thinking what's really needed more is a website (similar to FR) where the concerns of Americans living in Japan is the subject matter.

And rather than a published book, a bait piece (a mini-book) with lots of valuable information can draw members into the free forum.

I love the idea that a forum exists that is not a veiled advertisement for somebody's business.  There's plenty of websites that serve that purpose well, but nobody gets to the heart of what Americans really need to know to move or live here.

And the FBU in Tokyo has a limited number of (what appears to be mostly Japanese staff) and so they cannot really serving the full information need.

So maybe this is a worthwhile pursuit for the next 10 years of my life on this Earth.

Your perspective is highly valued, my FRiend.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Drawing on recently declassified archives Sir Dermot Turing told in full the real story how Enigma was broken. He fully acknowledged the groundbreaking work of Polish mathematicians produced as early as 1930s which subsequently led to the joint efforts of the French, British and Polish secret services (X, Y and Z) during the Second World War.

Ok, I read about this in the 80s. I know I did because I wrote a research paper on it. One of the books I used was "A Man Called Intrepid" which I think was where I got it from but it might have been another book. My point is, if, as a ninth grader living in a non-English speaking country with limited resources, I knew this it is well nigh impossible for this not to be common knowledge.

Is this one of those things that is just regarded as "new" because they have eliminated all history written before 2017?

[Chickensoup]

Yes.

I knew it too.

We had Information and were well read and educated.

Go into a library or bookstore today and you will find it hard to believe the tripe there. And shocked at what isn’t there.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Ok, so I am not going crazy.

Well, maybe I am but not on this subject. :)

They have a wealth of information at their fingertips, how it is that they don't know stuff? Is the signal being drown out because of the noise?

[PLMerite]

bfl

[Chickensoup]

Pick books that you know and see if your library has them.

Like the one you mentioned.

It ain’t there.

Fahrenheit 451 has happened and conti to happen. Libraries are no longer repositories repositories of knowledge but instead of tripe. I have been warning about this for 25 years since I started homeschooling mine.

[GOPJ]

I love the idea that a forum exists that is not a veiled advertisement for somebody's business. There's plenty of websites that serve that purpose well, but nobody gets to the heart of what Americans really need to know to move live here.

Could be fun too.

[Rockingham]

General Erich Fellgiebel was responsible for German military signals in WW II. He pushed for the adoption of Enigma. As a plotter against Hitler, he was tortured and executed without ever revealing the names of any coconspirators. As a man of exceptional intelligence and discipline, Fellgiebel might also have deliberately introduced or tolerated flaws in Enigma security as a way to help defeat Hitler. In any event, it is known that Fellgiebel repeatedly suppressed investigations that strongly supported suspicions that Enigma had been compromised.

[Rockingham]

No harm done. I have been in the same circumstances myself more than once.

[Bobalu]

That’s very interesting!

Thanks for posting that :-)