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Colossus: The Codebreaking Computer That Helped Win WWII

The Centre for Computing History · Lecture · 1 h 0 min · 2020 · YouTube title: Colossus - The Greatest Secret in the History of Computing
Why it's here

HN commenters recommend it as an excellent deep dive on the real Colossus, full of stories about unsung engineers.

What it covers

Chris Shore of the Centre for Computing History explains how Colossus was built, how it worked, and how it affected the course of World War II. It is an hour-long museum lecture on the codebreaking computer.