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Summary

This document is page 213 of a manuscript or book titled 'Turing's Machine', found within House Oversight Committee files (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015903). The text details the historical impact of Alan Turing's codebreaking work on WWII, specifically regarding the D-Day invasion and the Enigma code. It covers the post-war secrecy maintained by Winston Churchill, Turing's 1954 conviction for homosexuality, his suicide, and his eventual posthumous pardon in 2013.

People (3)

Name Role Context
Alan Turing Subject of text
British mathematician and codebreaker whose work on Enigma shortened WWII; later persecuted for homosexuality and com...
Adolf Hitler German Leader
Deceived by Allied misinformation regarding the D-Day landing location.
Winston Churchill British Prime Minister / Historian
Believed Turing shortened the war by two years; kept Bletchley Park work secret in his history books.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
The Allies
Military alliance in WWII.
The Germans
Opposing military force in WWII.
Bletchley Park
Site of British codebreaking operations.
House Oversight Committee
Source of the document (indicated by footer).

Timeline (4 events)

1954
Conviction of Alan Turing
UK
2010
Release of secret papers regarding decoding schemes
UK
2013
Royal Pardon granted to Alan Turing
UK
WWII
D-Day Invasion
Normandy
Allies Germans Hitler

Locations (6)

Location Context
Location where Allies feigned a massive army.
Location where Hitler expected the attack.
Location of a feigned second army.
Target of feigned attack from Scotland.
Actual location of the D-Day landings.
Location of secret codebreaking work.

Relationships (1)

Winston Churchill Professional/Historical Alan Turing
Churchill valued Turing's work highly but kept it classified and omitted it from his history books.

Key Quotes (4)

"Churchill believed Turing's work shortened the war by as much as two years."
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"In one of those sad turns in history Turing was found guilty of gross indecency for homosexuality in 1954... and was prescribed hormone treatment."
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"He took his life by eating an apple laced with cyanide."
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"A Turing Award is the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for Computing."
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