{"id":12121,"date":"2015-11-17T09:18:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T14:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=12121"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:08:37","slug":"enigma-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=12121","title":{"rendered":"Honors Carolina hosts live demonstration of an Enigma machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/11\/Very-Rare-WWII-Enigma-Cipher-Machine-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12122\" src=\"\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/11\/Very-Rare-WWII-Enigma-Cipher-Machine-1-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"Very-Rare-WWII-Enigma-Cipher-Machine-1\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Honors Carolina will host a live webcast of an Enigma machine in action from Winston House, Carolina\u2019s study center in London, on Nov. 19 at 2:30 p.m. in Graham Memorial Hall, Room 039. These famous machines protected commercial, diplomatic and military communication during the early- to mid-twentieth century.<\/p>\n<p>During World War II, Bletchley Park was one of Great Britain\u2019s best kept secrets. There, teams of mathematicians labored to decipher German military communications that had been encoded using the Enigma machine. Some historians have suggested that the code breakers\u2019 eventual success may have shortened the war by as much as two years.<\/p>\n<p>Media interested in attending should contact Joyce Worrell at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:joyce_worrell@unc.edu\">joyce_worrell@unc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honors Carolina will host a live webcast of an Enigma machine in action from Winston House, Carolina\u2019s study center in London, on Nov. 19 at 2:30 p.m. in Graham Memorial Hall, Room 039. 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