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  2. Little Nikita - Wikipedia

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    Little Nikita is a 1988 American thriller film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier. The film marks the first collaboration between Phoenix and Poitier (the second being Sneakers in 1992).

  3. Bombe - Wikipedia

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    Each of the rotating drums simulates the action of an Enigma rotor. There are 36 Enigma-equivalents and, on the right-hand end of the middle row, three indicator drums. John Harper led the "Phoenix" team that rebuilt this Bombe. [20] It was officially switched on by the Duke of Kent, patron of the British Computer Society on 17 July 2008.

  4. Rokin - Wikipedia

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    The Rokin is a canal and major street in the centre of Amsterdam.The street runs from Muntplein square to Dam square.The Rokin canal used to run from Muntplein square to Dam Square, but in 1936, the part between Spui square and Dam Square was filled in. Canal boats are now moored on the remaining part of the water, from the Amstel to Grimburgwal.

  5. Phoenix Lights - Wikipedia

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    The flares would have been visible in Phoenix and appeared to hover due to rising heat from the burning flares creating a "balloon" effect on their parachutes, which slowed the descent. [11] The lights then appeared to wink out as they fell behind the Sierra Estrella mountain range to the southwest of Phoenix. [12]

  6. World War II cryptography - Wikipedia

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    Decryption of the Enigma Cipher allowed the Allies to read important parts of German radio traffic on important networks and was an invaluable source of military intelligence throughout the war. Intelligence from this source and other high level sources, such as Cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher , was eventually called Ultra .

  7. Enigma rotor details - Wikipedia

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    On 1 February 1942, the Enigma messages began to be encoded using a new Enigma version that had been brought into use. The previous 3-rotor Enigma model had been modified with the old reflector replaced by a thin rotor and a new thin reflector. Breaking Shark on 3-rotor bombes would have taken 50 to 100 times as long as an average Air Force or ...

  8. List of Enigma machine simulators - Wikipedia

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    List of Enigma machine simulators lists software implementations of the Enigma machine, a rotor cypher device that was invented by German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I. [ 1 ] and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, [ 2 ] diplomatic, and military communication.

  9. U-571 (film) - Wikipedia

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    The first capture of a naval Enigma machine with its cipher keys from a U-boat was made on 9 May 1941 by HMS Bulldog of the Royal Navy, commanded by Captain Joe Baker-Cresswell assisted by HMS Aubrietia. The U-boat was U-110. In 1942, the Royal Navy also seized U-559, capturing additional Enigma codebooks.