Wrens operate a Colossus Mark II

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Date
1944 ca.
Credit Line
Courtesy of the National Archives UK. TNA ref. # FO 850/234
Copyright Owner
© The National Archives UK
Object ID
102635847

Women’s Royal Naval Service “Wrens” operated many of Britain’s Colossus code-breaking machines. In the US, 600 Navy women, known as “WAVES,” used other machines to break German codes.