Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Enigma was relied on by Adolf Hitler’s military to encrypt their communications. With a potential 15 million, million, million settings they considered Enigma unbreakable.
The National Museum of Computing volunteer Martin Gillow has built a 3D interactive Virtual Enigma. Available online, you can explore Enigma’s inner workings and encode and send messages. You can tour Martin’s Virtual Enigma in our video.
TNMOC houses a working replica of an Enigma and a rebuild of the Bombe – the machine designed by Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman to break Enigma codes.
Plan your trip to TNMOC here: tnmoc.org/plan-your-visit
Try your hand at Martin’s Virtual Enigma here: enigma.virtualcolossus.co.uk
Enigma was relied on by Adolf Hitler’s military to encrypt their communications. With a potential 15 million, million, million settings they considered Enigma unbreakable.
The National Museum of Computing volunteer Martin Gillow has built a 3D interactive Virtual Enigma. Available online, you can explore Enigma’s inner workings and encode and send messages. You can tour Martin’s Virtual Enigma in our video.
TNMOC houses a working replica of an Enigma and a rebuild of the Bombe – the machine designed by Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman to break Enigma codes.
Plan your trip to TNMOC here: tnmoc.org/plan-your-visit
Try your hand at Martin’s Virtual Enigma here: enigma.virtualcolossus.co.uk
