Beyond the Textbook History Ep2: Breaking the Enigma

Beyond the Textbook History Ep2: Breaking the Enigma

When most people think about major contributors to the Allied victory in WW2, what likely comes to mind are the names of Generals such as Eisenhower or Zhukov or the names of the physicists who helped develop the first atomic bomb such as Oppenheimer. However, often left out, yet equally important, were the ones who worked behind the scenes in jobs such as codebreaking. One of these people was Alan Turing, a British mathematician who, along with…

The Boris Enigma

By Theodore Dalrymple When I bought Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, I felt obliged to explain myself to the young man at the bookshop counter. I did not want the book for