The Preamble

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How Women Won WWII: AABBA and the Art of Codebreaking

How Women Won WWII: AABBA and the Art of Codebreaking17. Aug.34 Min.

Shakespeare and Al Capone. What could possibly be a link between these two men who were born centuries apart? A master codebreaker named Elizebeth Smith Friedman. If her name doesn’t sound familiar, there’s a reason for that. Even though she is one of the pioneers of cryptanalysis, very few people knew about her war-changing contributions until after her files were declassified in 2008.