NOVA - Season 27 Episode 5
Most historians agree that by enabling Allied commanders to eavesdrop on German plans, Station X shortened the war by 2 or 3 years. Its decoded messages played a vital role in defeating the U-boat menace, cutting off Rommel's supplies in North Africa, and launching the D-Day landings. Now, for the first time on television, a 2-hour NOVA Special tells the full story of Station X, drawing on vivid interviews with many of the colorful geniuses and eccentrics who attacked the Enigma. Wartime survivors recall such vivid episodes as the British capture of the German submarine U-110; one of its officers describes how he saved a book of love poems inscribed to his sweetheart but failed to destroy vital Enigma documents on board. "Decoding Nazi Secrets" also features meticulous period reenactments shot inside the original buildings at Station X, including recreations of the world's first computing devices that aided codebreakers with their breakthroughs. Station X not only helped reverse the onslaught of the Third Reich, but also laid the groundwork for the invention of the digital computer that continues to transform all our lives.
First Air Date : 1974-03-03
Last Air date : 2024-10-09
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary
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Subtitles :
- Season 27 : Episode 11999-10-05
- Season 27 : Episode 21999-10-12
- Season 27 : Episode 31999-10-19
- Season 27 : Episode 41999-11-02
- Season 27 : Episode 51999-11-09
- Season 27 : Episode 61999-11-23
- Season 27 : Episode 71999-12-21
- Season 27 : Episode 82000-01-04
- Season 27 : Episode 92000-01-18
- Season 27 : Episode 102000-02-01
- Season 27 : Episode 112000-02-01
- Season 27 : Episode 122000-02-08
- Season 27 : Episode 132000-02-08
- Season 27 : Episode 142000-02-15
- Season 27 : Episode 152000-02-15
- Season 27 : Episode 162000-02-22
- Season 27 : Episode 172000-02-22
- Season 27 : Episode 182000-02-29
- Season 27 : Episode 192000-04-18
- Season 27 : Episode 202000-04-25
- Season 27 : Episode 212000-05-09
