A code-breaker who played a key part in decrypting German messages during the Second World War will be commemorated with a blue plaque at her south east London home. Joan Clarke, who was portrayed by ...

British intelligence has released new photos showing the World War II era "Colossus" computer. It marked the 80th anniversary of the code-breaking computer's invention. The device's existence was ...

Tributes have been paid to a female code breaker who helped Alan Turing reveal the Nazi war machine's encrypted secrets during the Second World War after she died aged 98. Mary Ratcliffe worked at a ...

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Roger Marsh of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Oliver Hugh Lawn and Sheila Isabelle (nee Mackenzie) Lawn, and has been added to the ...

Kate Middleton is connecting with her family roots with a visit to a World War II code-breaking center on Tuesday. The royal mom of three, 37, stepped out at Bletchley Park, the secret wartime spy ...

Code- and cipher-breaking have been in operation for centuries. However, cryptanalysis – the art of deciphering encoded messages – took on a new importance during WW2 as British boffins strived to ...