Bletchley Park and National Museum of Computing

On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 9, the EIL students along with Profs. Berry and Dickerson and Lewis Leming (IES Abroad London Customized Programs and Projects 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, there was time for an outdoor chess game near a playground.  The group photo this year was not taken in front of the Mansion due to scaffolding associated with repairs to the roof and exterior.