Question

Read the excerpt from "The Enigma Machine.”

At Bletchley Park, the main site in Britain where Enigma codes were deciphered, six thousand messages were decoded every day by a staff of ten thousand men and women. Many of the messages were inconsequential, but more than a few were critical to the outcome of the war.

Which is the best summary of this paragraph?

Answer 1

a. at bletchley park, thousands of people worked hard to the British and allied troops during the war.

b. at bletchley park, the ten thousand people on the staff figured out over six thousand codes, some of which were very important to the war effort.

c. ten thousand people worked at bletchley park, but some of the codes they solved were inconsequential to the war effort.

d. six thousand codes were figured out at bletchley park, including some that had importance in regard to the war

ANSWER: at bletchley park, the ten thousand people on the staff figured out over six thousand codes, some of which were very important to the war effort.

Explanation:

• Britain founded a major signal intellectuals activity (Sigint) during World War I listening to the radio transmission of the enemy. At the end of the war and in two decades it was established the State Code & Cypher School (GC&CS).During the Second World War, Bletchley Park was the location of the British code breaking activity. Bletchley Park employed nearly 10,000 people at its height in 1944, including three quarters of women, and carried out various tasks in this sector.
• The staff at Bletchley Park served on an eight-hour shift system: 8 am to 4 p.m., 4 p.m. to 12 noon and midnight to 8 a.m. The Bletchley Park Recreational Club, however, did not all work: library, drama school, music and choral societies, bridge, rope, fencing and Scottish dance.
• The Wehrmacht (German Army) adapted ENIGMA, an elector-mechanical cypher machines, to be the most used German encryption tool of WWII. Around 200 people worked at Bletchley Park at the outbreak of the war. On the Enigma cipher machine used various components of the German war effort, for example the military and the army, were only a small handful. of them. Enigma was used by many' user groups' of these programs, many of them decoded at Bletchley after 1940.
• The staff at Bletchley did not just have to decode Enigma. German ciphers, which were developed on the Colossus machine by 1944, were used by Germany, and there was also a range of Italian and Japanese ciphers to be dealt with.
• Bletchley Park changed from a code-breaking operation into a more integrated signal intelligence organization that links surveillance, cryptoanalysis, translation, analysis of intelligency and distribution of information. This was produced to create a continuous flow of available information
• Most of British co-breaking operation was concentrated in Bletchley Park, primarily on one site. This allowed a concentration of know-how that encouraged collaboration, sharing of knowledge and creativity. In addition, in the areas of coding technology, mechanical, electro-mechanical and electronic devices and data management systems, Bletchley Park has developed technical innovations.
• Mind-boggling effective was Bletchley. They read German Army messages, navy posts, air force messages, secret service ... and Hitler Desk messages. Innumerable thousands and thousands of messages. So stunningly effective was Bletchley. They read German military letters, navy, air force, secret service... and Hitler's desk messages. Innumerable thousands of messages.
• The operation was distributed around the whole planet, split up by Italian and Japanese ciphers. Dedicated secret Y Service listener intercepted all the secret coded radio messages in postings from Cairo to Murmansk–and transmitted them back to England and eventually back into this incredible code-breaking business. The other miracle was secrecy. It adds to this amazing success that the Germans had never dreamed of.

Answer 2

Answer:

At Bletchley Park, the ten thousand people on the staff figured out over six thousand codes, some of which were very important to the war effort.

Explanation:

the other answers did not include enough information. tis is the correct answer.