The US bombes, NCR, Joseph Desch, and 600 WAVES: The first reunion of the US naval computing machine laboratory

Authors
Lee, JAN Burke, C Anderson, D
Citation
Jan. Lee et al., The US bombes, NCR, Joseph Desch, and 600 WAVES: The first reunion of the US naval computing machine laboratory, IEEE AN HIS, 22(3), 2000, pp. 27-41
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science & Engineering",History
Journal title
IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING
ISSN journal
10586180 → ACNP
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
27 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-6180(200007/09)22:3<27:TUBNJD>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The code-breaking activities of the British Government Code & Cipher School at Bletchley Park have dominated our understanding of the secret war to in filtrate the message system of the German forces in Europe between 1939 and 1945. This is the story of the US Navy's response to the need to gain inte lligence to win the Battle of the Atlantic in 1941 and 1942, the competitiv e development of mechanical code-breaking systems, and the contributions of NCR engineer Joseph Desch and 600 Navy WAVES.