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History of cryptography

  • Babington PlotIn 1586, a plan to kill Queen Elizabeth I took shape in the shadow of deep religious division. The Protestant monarch ruled England while her Catholic cousin…
  • Battle of MidwayOn the 18th of April 1942, sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers launched from the aircraft carrier Hornet to bomb targets in Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
  • Venona projectOn the 1st of February 1943, Gene Grabeel initiated a secret program under orders from Colonel Carter W. Clarke at Arlington Hall.
  • Gulf of Tonkin incidentThe Geneva Conference of 1954 ended the First Indochina War between France and the Viet Minh. The accords created a temporary ceasefire line dividing Vietnam…
  • Cipher Bureau (Poland)On the 8th of May 1919, Lieutenant Józef Serafin Stanslicki established a Polish Army Cipher Section within the General Staff building in Warsaw.
  • Japanese naval codesIn 1923, American agents seized a Japanese naval attaché's luggage in Washington D.C. They removed a set of codebooks bound in red covers from his briefcase.