🖨️ The Development of the Enigma Until World War II
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After World War I, the Enigma evolved from a civilian machine into a military tool. The German Reichswehr adopted and modified the original Enigma in the early 1920s. Features such as the plugboard (Steckerbrett) greatly increased the complexity of the cipher and the number of possible settings.
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Key development stages:
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- Introduction of additional rotors
- Integration of a reflecting element (reflector)
- Plugboard for variable wiring of signal paths
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In the 1930s, the Enigma became the standard machine for different branches of the German armed forces. These changes made the encryption seemingly unbreakable for outsiders.
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