Bethesda Fine Arts Festival Returns May 11 & 12
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Jun 14, 2019
Hear the real story of code breaking – the how, when, where, and who – in WW II from Dr. David A. Hatch, Historian at the NSA’s Center for Cryptologic History.
One of the vital but undisclosed factors in the 1945 Allied victory over Germany and Japan was the ability to read secret communications from the enemy. This included messages scrambled on the German ENIGMA machine and those sent by Japan’s senior admiral in the Pacific. By breaking the cipher codes of these messages, cryptanalysts provided details about troop movements and attack plans, giving U.S. and British commanders unprecedented insight into the military situations they faced. But to ... view more »
$15 for museum members / $20 for non-members
Phone: 301-774-0022
Email: info@sandyspringmuseum.org
Website: http://www.sandyspringmuseum.org/event/history-happy-hour-cryptology-in-...
17901 Bentley Road, www.sandyspringmuseum.org, Sandy Spring, MD 20860
Free parking.