Floradora

{{Short description|WW2 German doubly enciphered diplomatic code}}

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"Floradora", also called Keyword, was a doubly enciphered diplomatic code used by the Germans during the Second World War. The Allies used tabulating equipment, created by IBM, to break the code over period of more than a year in 1941 and 1942.

References

  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=uccLlgJDk4gC&dq=Floradora+germans+world+war&pg=PA387 Budiansky, Stephen. Battle of wits: the complete story of codebreaking in World War II, p. 55. Simon and Schuster, 2000]
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.mountainvistasoft.com/cryptoden/articles/Floradora.pdf|title=How the Allies broke the German Diplomatic cipher Floradora|author-first=Michael|author-last=Cowan|accessdate=2 August 2023|date=5 August 2012}}

Category:Cryptography

Category:Communications in Germany

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