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The Code Breakers of Bletchley Park in achieve 3000 article
According to the article, why did the code breakers at Bletchley Park start using mechanical devices to decipher messages?
Because code breaking by hand could not keep up with the Enigma machine
Because automated deciphering cost the British government less money
Because computers were already widely used by the British military by that point
Because the work of deciphering required thorough knowledge of German
According to the article, why did the code breakers at Bletchley Park start using mechanical devices to decipher messages?
Because code breaking by hand could not keep up with the Enigma machine
Because automated deciphering cost the British government less money
Because computers were already widely used by the British military by that point
Because the work of deciphering required thorough knowledge of German
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GPT-5 mini
Because code breaking by hand could not keep up with the Enigma machine.
The article explains that the volume and complexity of Enigma encryption (many daily key settings and vast combinations) made manual methods too slow, so mechanical devices (like the Bombe and Colossus) were developed to speed up decryption.
The article explains that the volume and complexity of Enigma encryption (many daily key settings and vast combinations) made manual methods too slow, so mechanical devices (like the Bombe and Colossus) were developed to speed up decryption.