Web sites related to topics in WW2 cryptology
[links last checked 20 April 09; please help by reporting broken links]
- Documents specific to the American Bombe posted by Frode Weierud
- Information about the Battle of the Atlantic posted by the Mariner's Museum of Newport News, Virginia
- Index to the official US Navy History Pages
The role of cryptology in American history:
- NSA Cryptologic Heritage
- The NSA National Cryptologic Museum
- The National Security Agency, heir to the technologies developed at the U.S.N.C.M.L..
- New to the NSA History site: Index and online copies of many of their publications
- Naval Security Group Command, descendent of Op-20-G (NB: COMNAVSECGRU was disestablished 29 Dec 2005. Those former commands are now renamed Navy Information Operations Commands. For more information, please see this web site.)
- Navy CT History , the "unofficial" web site, preserving the history of the Naval Security Group Command and the worldwide CT community.
- Background on the US Navy's cryptologic efforts in the Far East: The Empire is Listening, published in the Journal of the Australian War Memorial.
I.E.E.E. History Center interviews with 7 of the NCR personnel who worked on this project
Background information about the Medal for Merit
Information about the U-boat wars
The pioneering work of the British at Bletchley Park, and their relations with the US:
- Index to Frode Weierud's CryptoCellar a site of varied and extensive information.
- The Official Site of the Bletchley Park Trust--updated and loaded with new information.
- Codes and Ciphers in the Second World War, hosted by Tony Sale
- A section of The Alan Turing Internet Scrapbook, Alan Turing as UK-USA link, 1942 onwards: Hands Across the Sea
Information about the ground-breaking work on cracking the Enigma accomplished by Polish cryptanalysts early in the War:
- The Enigma Machine; History of Solving, hosted by Lech Maziakowski
Sites dedicated to our veterans:
- The Navy Memorial Foundation
- The U.S. Naval Cryptolgic Veterans Association
- The U.S. Navy Historical Center
- Women in Military Service for America Memorial
- WAVES National , a site I highly recommend to families researching a member's service record.
For a glimpse at Dayton's role in international cryptologic history, visit the web pages of the Dayton History. Among their assets is the immensely valuable NCR Archive
Would you like to learn more about codes and ciphers, encrypt a message, or learn more about tubes and circuits?
- Tubes: learn about the RCA Selectron, the Radar Tube "the tube that changed the war"
- The home page of a web site (somewhat technical) by Jerry Proc, of Ontario Canada, devoted to Crypto Machines.
- A fun site to visit: Tales of the Encrypted. Have fun with their animated entrance page (takes a minute to load).
- Encrypt a message using their animated Enigma
- A good information and links page, just titled Enigma, sponsored by a hardward/software firm in the Netherlands, with a list of Enigma simulators available for different operating systems (Windows, Perl, etc.)
- Want to build your own Enigma? Information on how to do it..
Excellent background information based on primary sources:
- Best of History Web Sites
- World War II Resources
- Hyperwar; a Hypertext History of World War II
- Site sponsored by the History Department at Ohio State University: E History
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NOTE: Dayton Codebreakers is back up and running. Thanks for your patience. My aim is to make continual updates during the next several weeks. E-mails to Deborah Anderson, in care of Dayton Codebreakers, are still appreciated, and I will try to respond promptly.
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Latest update January 22, 2010