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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dilly_KnoxDilly Knox - Wikipedia

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   Alfred Dillwyn " Dilly " Knox, CMG (23 July 1884 – 27 February 1943) was a British classics scholar and papyrologist at King's College, Cambridge and a codebreaker. As a member of the Room 40 codebreaking unit he helped decrypt the Zimmermann Telegram which brought the USA into the First World War. [1] .

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3. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk › 2015/01/25 › bletchleyBletchley Park: Meet 'Dilly's Girls', The WWII Women ...

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   Jan 25, 2015 · Learn about the 'Dilly's Girls', the female staff who worked with Dillwyn 'Dilly' Knox, a leading codebreaker at Bletchley Park during WWII. Discover how they decoded Enigma messages, faced challenges and kept secrets.

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4. ww2db.com › person_bioDilly Knox | World War II Database

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   Dilly Knox was a British codebreaker who helped decrypt the Zimmermann Telegram and the Italian Enigma. He was known for his eccentricity, his rodding method, and his love for chocolate and coffee.

   • Born: 23 Jul 1884
   • Given Name: Alfred

   • Died: 27 Feb 1943
   • Surname: Knox

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cryptanalysis_of_the_EnigmaCryptanalysis of the Enigma - Wikipedia

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   In 1927, the UK openly purchased a commercial Enigma. Its operation was analysed and reported. Although a leading British cryptographer, Dilly Knox (a veteran of World War I and the cryptanalytical activities of the Royal Navy's Room 40), worked on decipherment he had

6. ethw.org › Milestones:Code-breaking_at_BletchleyCode-Breaking at Bletchley Park during World War II, 1939-1945

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   The first break in Enigma came on 20th January 1940, when the team working under Dilly Knox, with the mathematicians John Jeffreys and Alan Turing, unravelled the German Army administrative key that became known at Bletchley Park as "The Green".

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   Sep 3, 2018 · The book X, Y & Z tells the story of how Polish mathematicians cracked the German Enigma code before the Second World War and shared their secrets with France and Britain. It features Dillwyn 'Dilly' Knox, a British cryptologist who met the Poles in 1939.

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   How did Dilly Knox break Enigma codes?

   • Building on earlier research by Hugh Foss, another of Bletchley Park's great minds and an expert on Japanese encryption, Dilly Knox developed a system known as "rodding", a linguistic as opposed to mathematical way of breaking Enigma codes. This technique worked particularly well on the Enigma system used by the Italian Navy.

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   Who was Dilly Knox?

   • Nevertheless, he was a force to be reckoned with, on and off duty. Building on earlier research by Hugh Foss, another of Bletchley Park's great minds and an expert on Japanese encryption, Dilly Knox developed a system known as "rodding", a linguistic as opposed to mathematical way of breaking Enigma codes.

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   What was Dilly Knox's cryptanalytical success?

   • Enigma Model G, used by the Abwehr. It had three ordinary rotors and a rotating reflector, multiple notches on the rotor rings, but no plugboard. Dilly Knox's last great cryptanalytical success, before his untimely death in February 1943, was the solving of the Abwehr Enigma in 1941.

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   Who was Dilly the dodo?

   • Dilly the Dodo , Alice in ID25 by Frank Birch During the First World War he had been elected Librarian at King's College, but never took up the appointment.

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9. books.google.com › books › aboutDilly: The Man who Broke Enigmas - Mavis Batey - Google Books

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   Dilly: The Man who Broke Enigmas. Mavis Batey. Dialogue, 2009 - Biography & Autobiography - 244 pages. Alfred Dillwyn Knox was a famously eccentric & temperamental codebreaker who cracked...