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The First Classical Enigmas. Swedish Views on Enigma Development 1924-1930

Anders Wik
S Catalinagr 9, S-18368 Täby, Sweden

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Published in: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Historical Cryptology HistoCrypt 2018

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 149:16, p. 83-88

NEALT Proceedings Series 34:16, p. 83-88

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Published: 2018-06-13

ISBN: 978-91-7685-252-1

ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)

Abstract

This paper concerns the very first “classical” Enigma from 1924, with rotors, reflector and lamp display. A description is given of the Enigma machines bought by the Swedish General Staff in early 1925, of the competition regarding the first standard crypto machine for the Swedish armed forces, and of some later developments.

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