Bletchley Park and National Museum of Computing

On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 10, the EIL students along with Profs. Berry and Dickerson and Jacci Lawson (IES Abroad London Internship Manager) visited Bletchley Park (north of London). Bletchley Park (BP) is where Alan Turing and his colleagues in Hut 8 broke the (naval) Enigma code during World War II. The students witnessed demonstrations of working Enigma, Bombe, and Colossus machines. The Colossus was the world's first electric digital computer that was programmable. The Colossus computers were developed to help in the cryptanalysis of the Hitler's Lorenz cipher.  Between visiting Hut 8, the Bletchley Park Mansion, and the Turing archives in BP, many of the students found the time to enjoy a soft-serve ice cream cone.