Biuro Szyfrów

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Polish intelligence agency unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1919–1939
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Cipher_Bureau
gptkbp:contributedTo Allied codebreaking in World War II
gptkbp:country gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:dissolved 1939
gptkbp:field signals intelligence
cryptology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Biuro Szyfrów
gptkbp:language Polish
gptkbp:location gptkb:Warsaw
gptkbp:notableAchievement developed Enigma decryption techniques
first to reconstruct Enigma machine
shared Enigma knowledge with France and UK in 1939
gptkbp:notableFor breaking the Enigma cipher
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Henryk_Zygalski
gptkb:Jerzy_Różycki
gptkb:Marian_Rejewski
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Polish_General_Staff
gptkbp:successor gptkb:PC_Bruno
Cadix
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Polish_Cipher_Bureau
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6