INSIDE ENIGMA:
The Secrets of the Enigma
and other Historic Cipher Machines
** SECOND EDITION **

By Professor Tom Perera and Dan Perera

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(208 Pages, 650+ Illustrations)
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DESCRIPTION OF BOOK:

The breaking of the Enigma Codes in WWII was one of the defining actions of the whole war. Many books have been written about this as one of the best kept secrets of WW2. Few have looked right inside the Enigma cipher machine itself, but Inside Enigma does just that and the new Second Edition almost doubles the amount of information in the first edition.

Inside Enigma brings to life how the Enigma machines were used, how the messages were encoded and why the Enigma code was virtually unbreakable. With more than 650 pictures in it's 208 pages, this book explains exactly how these machines were constructed and worked.

Written by Enigma experts Professor Tom Perera, W1TP and Dan Perera, Inside Enigma provides a history of these fascinating machines from their predecessors through to the cipher machines of the Cold War. The wartime Enigmas used by the German Army and Navy are covered in great detail, as are, the development of coding machines and the post-war variants such as the Swiss NEMA, Russian FIALKA and American M-209. Readers will even find a guide to finding and buying their own Enigma machine as well as instructions on how to build their own modern day version. Inside Enigma includes translations of original Enigma operating instructions and much more.

Inside Enigma is a comprehensive and copiously illustrated handbook covering the secrets of the Enigma Machine and the theory and practice of cipher machines in the 20th century.

The table of contents lists 9 chapters and 2 appendices.


TABLE OF CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION

A Short History of the Enigma
What is covered in this book
About the authors and EnigmaMuseum.com
Other publications by the authors
Acknowledgements.

CHAPTER 1 - - EARLY CIPHER MACHINES

Secret Messages
Morse Code
Encoding using Morse Code
Decoding Morse Code
Early Coding Techniques
Encoding using Caesar Code
Decoding Ceasar Code
Historic Code Wheels and Devices
Code and cipher toys
Better coding techniques
The Enigma as an elaborate code wheel
Unbreakable ?

CHAPTER 2 - - ENIGMA MACHINES

What the Enigma does
How the Enigma machine is used
The importance of the starting position or key
Setting up the day's starting position
The invention of the Enigma cipher machine
The various early commercial models of Enigma
Enigma Family Tree
Enigma TImeline
Enigma fabrication codes
Basic components of the Enigma machine
How the Enigma machine works
Enigma machine electrical wiring diagrams
How the Enigma machine was used - revisited
Setup of the daily keys or initial settings (grundstellung)
The grand total of possible settings
Dr. David Hamer's Enigma Rotor wiring chart

CHAPTER 3 - - GERMAN MILITARY ENIGMA MACHINES

German military Enigma machine accessories
Some WW-II German Enigmas in detail
Enigma rotors
German 3-rotor Enigma covers
Hard-to-find lightbulbs for German Enigma machines
Disassembly of the German Enigma Machine
New research on the evolution of the army Enigma
Other variations
Sabotage of Enigmas
Photographs of German Enigmas in action
Operation of Enigmas in and around vehicles
Enigmas being operated in the field
Enigmas being used inside buildings
Enigmas at WW-II reenactments

CHAPTER 4 - - THE MATHEMATICS OF THE ENIGMA

Why calculations differ
How many possible keys ?
Was it unbreakable ?
"The Cryptographic Mathematics of Enigma" by Dr. A. Ray Miller
Notes
References

CHAPTER 5 - - SOLVING THE ENIGMA

The beginnings of WW-II codebreaking
The Polish Cipher Bureau
Finding the key or initial setting
The clue of "double-encryption"
Bletchley Park: The home of British Codebreaking
Cribs
Traffic analysis helps find cribs
Gardening
Captured codebooks and keys
The 4-rotor German Navy Enigma
The American Navy Bombes
ULTRA
TICOM Postwar intelligence discoveries
Undeiciphered WW-II Enigma messages deciphered in 2006
Bletchley Park today
2009 Bletchley Park Reunion
Short wave radio at Bletchley Park again

CHAPTER 6 - - HUNTING FOR ENIGMAS

Where are the German Enigmas today ?
Recovering German Navy Enigmas from the ocean
Enigma machines recovered from sunken U-Boat U-85
Restoration of the U-85's Enigmas
Battlefield-recovered Enigmas
Enigma foud in a lake in northern Germany
Autopsy of another destroyed Enigma
Enigma instruction plate showing bullet damage
How many Enigma machines exist ?
Care and maintenance of an Enigma machine
Simplified test procedures
The current values of Enigma machines

CHAPTER 7 - - MAKING YOUR OWN ENIGMAS

How to make a similified version of the Enigma
How the codewheel is similar to the Enigma
How the codewheel replica can become a simplified version of the Enigma
Machine
Kits for cipher machines
Building replica Enigma machines
Homemade Cipher machine by Tatja Van Vark

CHAPTER 8 - - MACHINES USED BY OTHER COUNTRIES

British Cipher machines
Italian Cipher machines
Japanese
American
American M-209 cipher machines
Swiss NEMA cipher machines
Swiss Hagelin CD-57 pocket cipher machine

CHAPTER 9 - - CIPHER MACHINES IN THE COLD WAR

The cold-war era M-125 FIALKA cipher machine
Similarities between the FIALKA and the Enigma
Differences between the FIALK and the Enigma
FIALKA features in comparison to the Enigma
The model M-125MN FIALKA
The model M-125-3MN FIALKA
Detailed photographs of the FIALKA
Disassembly of the model M-125-3MN/-3MP3 FIALKA
The rotors
Differences between the FIALKA rotors and those of other cipher machines
Detailed descriptions of the rotors and rotor wiring
Multi-adjustable modular wiring-maze rotor set
FIALKA power supply and cables
Spare modular wiring-matrix rotor set
More information on the FIALKA cipher machine

APPENDIX 1 - - ORIGINAL ENIGMA MANUALS (Translated)

APPENDIX 2 - - ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Museums and Archives
Websites
Videos
Books and CDs
Archive materiel on "The Story of the Enigma" CD-ROM

INDEX


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    OTHER PUBLICATIONS BY Prof. Tom Perera:

    Inside ENIGMA and other Famous Cipher Machines:(**Second Edition**) The Technology of the Enigma and other cipher machines with 208 pages and over 650 illustrations. (Order from sources above.)

    The Story of the ENIGMA: History, Technology, and Deciphering (**4th. Edition**): A Complete Enigma Library on a CD-ROM. (Order from sources above.)

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    PERERA'S TELEGRAPH COLLECTORS GUIDE (3rd. Edition): A complete telegraph collectors reference library with 300 photos and a price guide. (Order from sources above)


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