Julia Parsons with her service photo. Pittsburgh-native Julia Parsons wasn’t able to talk about her work code-breaking German messages during World War II for decades because her work was top secret.

A plaque will be placed at a building on Minnehaha Avenue Thursday, recognizing the work of codebreakers and as one of the birthplaces of modern computers. During World War II, codebreakers were ...

A World War II code breaker who helped hunt down Nazi U-boats turns 100 on Tuesday and will be honored with a parade past her house in Pittsburgh. Julia Parsons, who served in the Women Accepted for ...

BLETCHLEY PARK, England -- During World War II, the best brains in Britain cracked Germany's encrypted secrets but never broke their own code of silence. Now gray-haired and using walking sticks and ...

Before 150,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy for the military operation that would later be known as D-Day, few people outside the military knew what was in the works. One of the rare ...

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The battle for superiority during World War II was waged not only on the battlefield, but also by using machines built to crack enemy codes. But there wasn't always cooperation between the Allies.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II unveiled a monument bearing the words "We also served" last week in honor of the hundreds of mathematicians and cryptographers who helped crack Nazi Germany's secret codes during ...

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England unveiled the design of a new banknote celebrating mathematician Alan Turing, who helped Britain win World War Two with his code-breaking skills but is believed ...

A recently discovered code from World War II found on a pigeon that was dead in some guy's chimney has Britain's top code-breakers completely stumped. David Martin, of Bletchingley, discovered the ...