Crypto analyst alan turing. Prior to his writing career, dermot worked for the governor Legal Service in the International Law form law firm clifford chance. Bletchleyustee of park and the turing trust. Hes serving as the Bletchley Park visiting fellow at oxford. Last but not least dermot is a , member of the honorary board here at the International Spy museum and he is a tremendous supporter of our educational efforts here. Were excited to have dermot here today to discuss how enigma was really broken with the cooperative efforts of britain, poland, and france. After the formal presentation, we would like to invite to walk up to the microphones on each side of the theater and ask your questions. There will be plenty of time to ask your questions and get them answered. Please join me in giving a warm welcome to dermot turing. [applause] dermot many thanks, chris, and to all of you for coming and for the welcome home. Before i start, i would like to say to chris and to the team here at
Cryptanalyst alan turing. Prior to his writing career, he worked for the Government Legal Service and then the International Law firm clifford chance. He is currently a trustee of the trust. Trust turing he is also a visiting fellow at oxford. Last but not least, he is a member of the honorary board here at the International Spy museum. And he is a tremendous supporter of our educational efforts at spy. We are excited to have government here today to discuss how enigma was we are excited to have him here today to discuss how enigma was broken with the cooperative efforts of poland, britain, and france. After the presentation, we invite you to walk up to the microphones on each side of the theater and ask questions. There will be plenty of time to ask your questions and get them answered. Please join me in giving a warm welcome to dermot turing. Thank you. [applause] dermot many thanks for the warm welcome. I think it is amazing to see how sincepace has transformed the move last year fr
[wind blowing] the temperature a bare 10 degrees above zero. The wind, a cutting 20 miles per hour. The date, almost any bleak day in january, 1778. The place, valley forge, pennsylvania. The event, famine, disease. Exhaustion, and disease. 11,000 soldiers of the American Revolutionary army starving and freezing in Winter Quarters. Shivering sentinels keeping an weary eye on the wellfed british forces, safe and warm and captured philadelphia. 20 miles to the southeast, on this bone chilling morning, 2000 of the ragtag colonials are without shoes, feet wrapped in rags. Onethird to onehalf of them are unfit for duty. Before this terrible winter is over, 3000 of them are to die. On the windswept hills and ridges, rolled log huts with clay, with floors of dirt provide the only shelter. In all the bleak, lonely whiteness, the only cover is the crimson of blood that stains the drifting snow. A revolutionary poet says this for them, bitter words and bitter memories of the war against king geo
Exhaustion. 11,000 soldiers of the American Revolutionary army starving and freezing in Winter Quarters. Shivering sentinels keeping an wary eye on that well fit british forces, safe and warm and captured philadelphia. 20 miles to the southeast. Morning,one chilling 2000 of the ragtag colonials are without shoes, feet wrapped in rags. One third to one half of them are unfit for duty. Before this terrible winter is over, 3000 of them are to die. On the windswept hills and ridges, huts of clay with floors of dirt provide the only shelter. In all the leak lonely , whiteness, the only cover is blood that stains the drifting snow. A revolutionary poet says this for them bitter words and , bitter memories of the war of king george as they left their bloody footprints on the snows of valley forge. Yes, the revolutionary war could have ended here. Yet somehow, this winter of despair becomes the turning point of the revolution. Corps] from it, comes defeat for the , the birth of the United Stat
Serving as the Bletchley Park visiting fellow at oxford. Ember of themumbe honorary board here at the International Spy museum and he is a tremendous supporter of our efforts. Were excited to have dermot here today to tell us how enigma was really broken with the cooperative efforts of britain, poland, and france. We would presentation, like you to walk up to the microphones on each side of the theater and ask your questions. There will be plenty of time to ask your questions and get them answered. Join me in giving a warm welcome to dermot turing. [applause] chris, andy thanks, to all of you for the welcome home. Before i start, i would like to say to chris and to the team here, i think it is amazing to see how this place has transformed since the move last year. You have an amazing array of things going on here. All wondering with the real story of enigma code breaking is because otherwise you would not have showed up to this talk. I think you probably know it already. Laid my cumber