Tunny cipher

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The Tunny cipher was a high-level German teleprinter encryption system used during World War II for strategic communications, whose interception and decryption at Bletchley Park significantly aided Allied codebreaking efforts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tunny cipher canonical 2
Fish cipher 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German teleprinter cipher ⓘ
World War II cryptographic system ⓘ
cipher ⓘ
alphabet Baudot code ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fish cipher ⓘ
linked to: Tunny cipher

Tunny ⓘ
analyzedBy Bill Tutte ⓘ
Max Newman ⓘ
Ralph Tester ⓘ
basedOn Lorenz SZ40 ⓘ
linked to: Lorenz SZ

Lorenz SZ42 ⓘ
linked to: Lorenz SZ
breakingMethod crib-based attacks ⓘ
mathematical analysis ⓘ
statistical analysis ⓘ
brokenAt Bletchley Park ⓘ
brokenBy Bill Tutte ⓘ
brokenCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
cipherType additive stream cipher ⓘ
stream cipher ⓘ
decryptedBy Bletchley Park ⓘ
Government Code and Cypher School ⓘ
developedBy German military ⓘ
discoveredBy British signals intelligence ⓘ
distinctFrom Enigma cipher ⓘ
linked to: Enigma machine
encryptionDevice Lorenz SZ40 ⓘ
linked to: Lorenz SZ

Lorenz SZ42 ⓘ
linked to: Lorenz SZ
importance contributed to Allied strategic decision-making ⓘ
provided intelligence on German High Command communications ⓘ
significant factor in Allied codebreaking success ⓘ
interceptedBy Bletchley Park ⓘ
medium landline teleprinter circuits ⓘ
radio ⓘ
operatedOn 5-bit teleprinter code ⓘ
relatedTo Enigma machine ⓘ
Lorenz cipher ⓘ
securityLevel high-level ⓘ
supportedByMachine Colossus computer ⓘ
linked to: Colossus computers

Heath Robinson ⓘ
linked to: Rube Goldberg
targetOf Allied signals intelligence operations ⓘ
timePeriod 1942–1945 ⓘ
early 1940s ⓘ
usedBy German High Command ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
usedByUnit German Army High Command ⓘ
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
usedFor high-level strategic communications ⓘ
teleprinter communications ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tunny cipher → alsoKnownAs → Fish cipher ⓘ
linked to: Tunny cipher
Heath Robinson machine → usedAgainst → Tunny cipher ⓘ