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A rotor on the New British Bombe, an electro-mechanical device used to decode German Enigma machine. Bletchley Park.
An electro-mechanical device used by British cryptologists at Bletchley Park, England, to try to decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted secret messages during World War II. Developed from the Polish bomba machine, invented by Polish cryptologist Marian Rejewski.
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Location: Bletchley Park
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