Japanese Purple cipher

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf crypt
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Type_B_Cipher_Machine
Angooki Taipu-B
gptkbp:brokenBy gptkb:Genevieve_Grotjan_Feinstein
gptkb:William_Friedman
1940
United States cryptanalysts
gptkbp:built electromechanical stepping-switch machine
gptkbp:decipheredBy Magic project
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese Purple cipher
gptkbp:influenced later Japanese cipher machines
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Enigma_machine
gptkbp:locationOfDecryption gptkb:Arlington_Hall
gptkbp:message Hull note
messages preceding Pearl Harbor attack
gptkbp:relatedTo Japanese Blue cipher
Japanese Red cipher
gptkbp:significance enabled US to read Japanese diplomatic messages
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:usedFor diplomatic communications
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Magic_(US_codebreaking_project)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7