Hut 8 was a section at Bletchley Park (the British World War II codebreaking station) tasked with solving German naval Enigma messages. The section was led initially by Alan Turing. He was succeeded by his deputy Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander later on in the war.

See also

• Banburismus
• Hut 6
• B-Dienst
• OP-20-G
• I. J. Good
• Leslie Yoxall
• Harry Golombek
• Shaun Wylie

References

• A. P. Mahon, "The History of Hut Eight: 1939–1945", June 1945, PRO HW 25/2

Historical events in cryptography