Early Attempts at Breaking the Code

When the threat of another world war was inevitable, the British intelligence service started attempting to break the code during the early-mid 1930’s. Commander Alastair Denniston was in-charge to  recruit people to help break the code. These people included Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman, and several others. The codebreakers worked with the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park. Hiring people such as Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman, and others required lots of funding. The treasury department offered to help with the funding, but not until the British intelligence was able to get hold of an almost identical replica of an Enigma.