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Gwido Langer
Lt. Col. Karol Gwido Langer (Žilina, Zsolna, Austria-Hungary, 2 September 1894 – 30 March 1948, Kinross, Scotland) was, from at least mid-1931, chief of the Polish General Staff's Biuro Szyfrów, Cipher Bureau, which from December 1932 decryption, decrypted Germany's military Enigma machine, Enigma-machine ciphers. Poland's prewar achievements paved the way for Great Britain, Britain's World War II Ultra, Ultra secret. Life Langer was born in Žilina, Zsolna, Upper Hungary (today Žilina in Slovakia) but spent his childhood in Cieszyn in Silesia, where his family came from. By then, according to Polish military historian Władysław Kozaczuk, the Bureau had been formed by merger of the Radio Intelligence Office and the Polish-Cryptography Office. Langer remained at the head of the Cipher Bureau and its successor field agency until the latter was effectively disbanded in November 1942 upon the German occupation of southern France's Vichy France, Vichy "Free Zone." Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwido Langer
Lt. Col. Karol Gwido Langer (Žilina, Zsolna, Austria-Hungary, 2 September 1894 – 30 March 1948, Kinross, Scotland) was, from at least mid-1931, chief of the Polish General Staff's Biuro Szyfrów, Cipher Bureau, which from December 1932 decryption, decrypted Germany's military Enigma machine, Enigma-machine ciphers. Poland's prewar achievements paved the way for Great Britain, Britain's World War II Ultra, Ultra secret. Life Langer was born in Žilina, Zsolna, Upper Hungary (today Žilina in Slovakia) but spent his childhood in Cieszyn in Silesia, where his family came from. By then, according to Polish military historian Władysław Kozaczuk, the Bureau had been formed by merger of the Radio Intelligence Office and the Polish-Cryptography Office. Langer remained at the head of the Cipher Bureau and its successor field agency until the latter was effectively disbanded in November 1942 upon the German occupation of southern France's Vichy France, Vichy "Free Zone." Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
