WAVE cryptologist operating the US Navy Cryptanalytic Bombe

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Washington, DC, United States

WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) built and operated the U.S. Navy Cryptanalytic Bombe from 1943 to the end of World War II to solve the German 4-rotor Enigma.

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Title: WAVE cryptologist operating the US Navy Cryptanalytic Bombe
Rights: US Government courtesy of the National Cryptologic Museum

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

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