The Imitation Game (2014) is a historical drama about Alan Turing, the brilliant but socially awkward mathematician who leads a secret British codebreaking team at Bletchley Park during World War II to crack the German Enigma cipher. Recruited by the government, Turing clashes with superiors and colleagues while building an electromechanical machine (a precursor to modern computers) that can sift through the staggering number of possible Enigma settings far faster than any human team. via @itsam

During WWII, Alan Turing designed the Bombe at Bletchley Park to break Germany's Enigma cipher machine. This electromechanical device simulated thousands of Enigma settings, using known plaintext "cribs" to deduce daily keys. It decrypted vital Nazi communications, giving Allies a strategic edge and shortening the war by years. #wwii #historyfacts #epichistory | Epic History TV