NOVA S21E1 · Codebreakers

NOVA

Season 21 · Episode 1 · Codebreakers · 55 min

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 codebreaking helped shorten the war.