Alan Turing & Bletchley Park

Alan Turing: pioneering mathematician, computer scientist, codebreaker. He played a crucial role in decrypting Nazi messages during the Second World War, turning the tide of the conflict, and is considered the father of modern computer science. Yet he died in 1954 aged 42, chemically castrated, and a criminal for his sexuality. In this episode, host James Patton Rogers is joined by Dr Sue Black OBE to explore the groundbreaking achievements of both Alan Turing and Bletchley Park. Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lucy Worsley, Matt Lewis, Tristan Hughes and more. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code WARFARE . Download the app on your smart TV or in the app store or sign up here . You can take part in our listener survey here . For more Warfare content,

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Alan Turing & Bletchley Park is an episode from Warfare by History Hit.

This episode is 28:59 long.

This episode was published on Jul 3, 2023.

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