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Originally Posted by nhtexasrn
alan turing was not alone in cracking the enigma. The poles and czechs actually had done much work on solving the code but turned it over to the brits when they were invaded by the nazis. There were thousands of people who worked on solving the code. Turing was head of bletchley park where approx. 10,000 people worked and 8,000 of those were women. It was certainly tragic what happened to him. I'm glad he got the recognition that he deserved but i doubt the queen was forced to do anything. Most countries have "stains" of some kind. Why try and take away the beauty and pageantry of the queen's funeral and all of her positive accomplishments by bringing this up? She was an amazing woman.
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was answering 2nd half of post #6 that referred to churchill not the queen. I believe your downgrading turing.
Armstrong stood on the moon. He gets the credit although he had help from nasa and the scientist community. What's the difference. Top always gets the credit not to demean the supporting cast. I saw armstrong in a parade. What happened to turing was a disgrace and has been acknowledged and pardoned. History books are written, even the inconvenient ones.