History : 5 things you didn't know about Enigma

 

1. The Enigma cipher machine was invented by a German engineer, Arthur Scherbius on February 23, 1918. 
2. Enigma allowed an operator to type in a message, then scramble it by using three to five notched wheels, or rotors, which displayed different letters of the alphabet.
3. The Germans were convinced that Enigma output could not be broken, so they used the machine for all sorts of communications on the battlefield, at sea, in the sky and, significantly, within its secret services.
4. The British described any intelligence gained from Enigma as 'Ultra', and considered it top secret.
5. Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman built a machine called The Bombe which could break the enigma code.