Alan Turing, a truly underrated hero. “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” - Alan Turing Did you know that Alan Turing saved an estimated 21 Million lives and played a vital role in the derailment of World War Two? All while having to never fight or even fire a single bullet? Instead he used his incredible skill with mathematics and code breaking to end the war and save millions of lives. Alan Turing was born June 23, 1912,in Maida Vale, London England. As a child, Alan always had a skill and fascination with deciphering codes and cryptography. Alan’s naturally gifted skill with Mathematics came as a handy tool with such hobbies. For college, Alan attended King’s College, Cambridge, where he …show more content…
If you could crack their code you could theoretically win the war. Although it wasn't a simple code. The enigma code would change every single morning, with as many as 158,962,555,217,826,360,000 different codes it could change too. Alan and seven other gifted mathematicians were hired by the government to work together at Bletchley Park and try to crack the enigma code. After weeks of tireless work, all resulting in failed attempts at cracking the code, Alan came up with an idea. What if he could build a machine that could crack enigma codes faster than any human? After just a few months Alan’s genius idea became a reality. Alan built a machine that could decipher German codes in just minutes. He named the machine Christopher. Now that the government knew what the Germans had been planning and saying among themselves they could save millions of lives and end the war. In January 1952 Alan started a romantic relationship with a man by the name of Arnold Murray. In 1952 being gay was still illegal in England. On January 23rd, when Alan’s house was broken into, Alan contacts the police to come and investigate. During the