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The Secret in Building 26

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by Jim DeBrosse


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  Index

  *The following items may be used as a guide to search for information in this eBook.

  Aberdeen Proving Ground

  Abernethy, Barbara

  Abwehr (German intelligence)

  Adam and Eve (American Bombe prototypes)

  additives. See Japanese codes

  Aircraft Production Board

  Allyn, Stanley

  American Bombes

  and Battle of the Atlantic

  British help with

  British request for delivery of

  and British-American relations

  complexity and flexibility of

  contribution of

  delivery of first

  Desch approached about developing

  as Desch’s challenge

  Desch credited with development of

  Desch develops plan for

  destruction of

  development/improvements of

  differences between British Bombes and

  “double-input” feature in

  double-unit

  early production

  efficiency of

  electronic

  Ely outlines need for

  expectations concerning

  final version of

  first model for

  flexibility of

  four-wheel

  history of

  and IC method

  inverted

  limitations of

  noise of

  and number of Bombes needed

  number in operation in 1943 of

  operational site for

  in postwar years

  reliability of

  repair and maintenance of

  and rewind feature

  second design

  in Smithsonian Institution

  speed of

  Turing’s comments about

  and Turing’s U.S. visit

  turning point for

  and Uhr box

  Washington as operations site for

  See also Dayton project; specific machine or code system

  Americans. See American Bombes; Dayton project; specific person or code system

  “Amirs,”

  analog machines

  of British

  of Raven

  Anderson, Darrell

  Anderson, Debbie

  and Desch’s awards

  and Desch’s breakdown

  and Desch’s death

  and Desch’s guilt

  and Desch’s personality

  and Desch’s religious views

  and Desch’s resignation from Army

  and Desch’s retirement

  and Desch’s security clearance

  and Desch’s views about war

  and Meader-Desch relationship

  and Navy-Desch relationship

  NSA meeting with

  and parents’ relationship

  and secrecy about Ultra

  and secrecy of Dayton Project

  and Smithsonian Institution

  and Tropp-Desch interview

  and Turing’s U.S. visit

  and WAVES reunion

  Anderson, Walter S.

  Anderson, William S.

  anti-surface vessel (ASV) radar

  antiaircraft weapons, German

  antisubmarine forces, American

&nbs
p; antisubmarine warfare, improvements in

  “Aphrodite” (German balloon)

  Army Air Forces, U.S.

  Army, U.S.

  and British-American relations

  and Denniston’s U.S. visit

  Desch’s work for

  and Duenna

  and exchange mission to England

  funding for codebreaking in

  Liberty engines developed for

  new designs by

  postwar codebreaking activities of

  request for British Bombe from

  Signal Intelligence Service of

  Stevens as liaison to

  Stevens’ report about codebreakers in

  and Uncle D.

  See also Aberdeen Proving Ground; Friedman, William

  atomic bomb

  Autoscritcher

  Banburismus

  Battle of the Atlantic

  and British-American relations

  and Denniston’s U.S. visit

  estimation of sub sinkings in

  history of

  in 1941

  in

  in 1944–45

  and pressures on Dayton project

  and Ultra

  Battle of Britain

  Battle of the Coral Sea

  Battle of Leyte Gulf

  Bay of Biscay

  Belmont (FBI agent)

  Bennett, James V.

  bigram tables

  Bletchley Park (England)

  and British-American competition

  Denniston steps down as head of

  Driscoll turns down invitation to visit

  exchange missions to

  first American visitors to

  mail lost between OP20G and

  and old vs. new generation of codebreakers

  possibility of attack on

  Travis as head of

  See also British Bombes; British-American relations; specific person or project

  Bochicchio, Phil

  Bombes

  primary task of

  See also American Bombes; British Bombes

  Bovril

  See also German Air Force Enigma codes; German Army Enigma codes

  Braswell, Dorothy

  breakdowns, psychological/physical

  British

  and Dayton Enigma intercept test

  and Montgomery affair

  request for American Bombes from

  and U-boat communications

  and Uhr box

  views about Dayton project of

  See also Bletchley Park; British Bombes; specific person or code system

  British Bombes

  Americans’ lack of interest in

  brushes in

  delays in development of

  Desch information about

  Desch machine as different from

  differences between American Bombes and

  Driscoll rejects

  early

  electrical flow in

  first electromechanical

  four-wheel

  influence on Dayton project of

  Keen-designed

  manufacturing of

  and M section’s attack on four-rotor Enigma

  Navy’s lack of information about

  number of

  as parallel/analog machines

  in postwar years

  resources for developing

  Standard

  three-wheel

  U.S. Army request for

  weaknesses of

  and wheel size

  See also Banburimus; British-American relations; specific person or code system

  British naval codes

  British Tabulating Machine Company (BTMC)

  British-American relations

  and American dependence on British

  and American independence

  and American processing of messages

  and British request for American Bombes

  British reservations about

  and comparison of British and American machines

  competition in

  and cribs

  cultural and communication barriers in

  and Dayton project staff’s resentment toward British

  and Denniston’s U.S. visit

  and Desch

  and development of American Bombes

  and Driscoll

  early cooperation in

  and exchange missions

  and four-wheel British Bombes

  and history of American Bombe project

  and Holden agreement

  and how much to reveal

  and Montgomery affair

  and possibility of attack on Bletchley

  and priorities for processing messages

  security concerns in

  and sharing of intelligence

  and Stevens’ report about U.S. Army codebreakers

  and three-wheel Bombes

  and Turing’s U.S. trip

  and U-boat intelligence

  and World War I

  See also specific person, project, or code system

  Bruce, Carmelita Ford

  Bruce, Ralph

  brushes

  Buchholz, C. C.

  Budiansky, Stephen

  Building 10 (NCR)

  Building 20 (NCR)

  Building 26 (NCR)

  Desch moves to

  description of

  and destruction of Bombes

  as site of Bombe project

  in 2002

  See also Dayton project

  Bulldozer (American Bombe)

  Bureau of Ships (U.S. Navy)

  Bureau of Yards and Docks (U.S. Navy)

  Burger, Albert

  Burger, Augusta “Gusty,”

  Bush, Vannevar

  calculating machine of

  and Deeds

  Desch recruited by

  funding for

  and fusion of military and science

  and Hooper-Wenger projects

  and Kettering

  at MIT

  and modernization of U.S. military

  Navy’s connection with

  NCR’s connection with

  and NDRC

  and RAMs

  reputation of

  and U-boat problem in World War I

  and Wenger

  “C” (aka Stuart Menzies)

  Cadman, Lord

  Cain and Abel prototypes (Dayton project)

  calculator

  of Bush

  Desch-designed

  electronic digital

  high-speed

  NCR

  and old vs. new generation of codebreakers

  See also electronic counters

  California Institute of Technology

  Campaigne, Howard

  catalogs

  Churchill, Winston

  cipher machines (CM)

  Hebern’s invention of

  rotor

  See also “Purple”

  ciphers

  codes distinquished from

  See also specific system

  civil libertarians

  Clark, Tom C.

  Clarke, Joan

  Clifford, Al

  Cobra

  codebooks

  British capture of German

  and British-American relations

  building of

  and development of American Bombes

  and Japanese codes

  codebreakers

  breakdowns among

  correspondence course for

  “crypto-reserve” of

  and Holden agreement

  old vs. new guard of

  universities as source of

  See also specific person

  codebreaking machines

  and British-U.S. competition

  decision to embed Turing logic into

  importance of developing

  and machine-driven approach to codebreaking

  universal

  Se
e also specific machine or project

  codes

  ciphers distinquished from

  See also Red Book; specific code system

  “cold point,”

  Cold War

  Colossus (British machine)

  Columbia University

  Communications Group

  communications system, flash

  Comparators (American machine)

  computers

  Bush first conceives of personal

  Desch’s work on

  design of all-purpose, electronic

  forerunners of first modern

  Wenger’s research on

  convoys. See Battle of the Atlantic

  Coombs, John

  Copperheads (American machines)

  Coral (Japanese machines)

  Cormier, Richard L.

  corporations

  breakdowns among engineers at

  in postwar years

  as source of funding

  correspondence course, cryptoanalysis

  Cox, James M.

  “crash,”

  Crawford, Calvin

  Crib Group

  cribs

  and American processes for decryption

  and analysis of German naval communications

  British capture of German materials about

  and British-American relations

  and changes in Enigma system

  and cribbing as art

  and D Day

  and Denniston’s U.S. visit

  and development of American Bombes

  and Driscoll’s catalog

  and early British Bombes

  and Enigma’s weaknesses

  and inverted American Bombes

  and Japanese codes

  and Keen-designed Bombes

  length of

  and priorities for processing messages

  and Shark

  Turing’s work on

  and Uhr box

  Currier, Prescott

  CVEs (small escort carriers)

  Cypher No. 3 (British)

  Cypher No. 5 (British)

  D Day

  Davis, Joan Bert

  Dayton Electric

  Dayton, Ohio

  as center for inventors

  characteristics of

  war plants in

  WAVES in

  during World War II

  Dayton project

  and analog machines

  autonomy of

  British Bombes’ influence on

  and British sharing of information

  British views about

  and civilian-military relations

  closing of

  and Copperheads

  creation of

  deferments for employees of

  delays in

  as Desch challenge

  Desch develops plan for

  and Desch’s management style

  and Duenna

  early production machines of

  Ely and Eachus visit

  and Enigma intercept test

  on fast track

  funding/cost of

  guilt as motivation in

  importance of

 

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