NOVA S21E12: Codebreakers
- Aired: 1994-01-18
- Time: 21:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
Overview
NOVA delves into the history of secret communications and the people who wrack their brains to decipher them. The program probes the most celebrated of all cryptographic coups: the breaking of the World War II codes used by Japan and Germany and how code breaking helped shorten the war.