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British intelligence has released new photos showing the World War II era "Colossus" computer. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementBritish intelligence has released "rare and never-before-seen images" of the World War II era "Colossus" code-breaking computer. It played a key role in helping the Allies win World War II. Housed at the UK's code-breaking center, Bletchley Park, 10 Colossus computers helped 550 people decrypt "63 million characters of high-grade German communications" by the end of World War II, according to The National Museum of Computing.
Persons: , GCHQ, Tommy Flowers, Adolf Hitler, Bill Marshall, Reuters Andrew Herbert Organizations: Service, Women's Royal Naval Service, Nazi, Reuters, Microsoft Research, National Museum of Computing Locations: Nazi, France, Pas, Calais, Normandy, Nazi Germany, Europe, Bletchley Park
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's GCHQ spy agency celebrated the 80th anniversary of Colossus on Thursday, putting the spotlight on a code-breaking computer which helped defeat Hitler's Germany and was so significant it was kept secret for decades. Colossus, which was still being used by the spy agency in the early 1960s, was developed by Tommy Flowers. The new images released on Thursday include a blueprint of Colossus and a photograph of Women's Royal Naval Service workers operating it. The first Colossus was delivered to Bletchley Park, then the home of the top secret Government Code and Cypher School, on Jan. 18 1944. The unit was renamed in 1946 as the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a Cheltenham-based agency that eavesdrops on the world to protect British security.
Persons: Hitler's, Hitler, Colossus, Anne Keast, Butler, Tommy Flowers, Alan Turing's, Sarah Young, William Maclean Organizations: Allied, Royal Naval Service, Cypher, Government Communications Headquarters Locations: Hitler's Germany, Bletchley, Cheltenham
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