This Cryptanalyst Stopped The Sabotage Nobody Else Could See | The Spy Historian

Описание: June 4th, 1941: Elizebeth Smith Friedman decodes an Enigma message in 18 hours that reveals Nazi spy networks in New York City, preventing sabotage of 14 American ships.

The FBI conducts arrests, holds press conferences, and J. Edgar Hoover personally takes credit for "brilliant FBI cryptanalytic work." Elizebeth's name appears nowhere in the reports—not even in classified memos. Over the next four years, she'll decode 4,019 enemy messages, dismantle 23 spy rings, prevent the Panama Canal from being destroyed, and contribute to D-Day's success... while earning $3,200 annually and receiving zero recognition. This is the story of the greatest female codebreaker of World War II, whose work was stolen, classified, and buried for 75 years until one historian asked the right questions and exposed the institutional credit theft that erased her from history.

🔍 QUICK NAVIGATION:
• 0:00 - The Message That Changed Everything
• 0:30 - From Shakespeare Student to Accidental Spy Hunter
• 2:05 - Learning Cryptanalysis in a Soundproof Cottage
• 3:45 - How the FBI Made Her Their Secret Weapon
• 5:30 - Breaking Commercial Enigma Variants
• 7:15 - The Spy Ring in Argentina
• 9:20 - Technical Genius vs Institutional Erasure
• 11:35 - The Doll Woman Spy Case
• 13:15 - Preventing the Panama Canal Sabotage
• 15:20 - The Gender Pay Wall
• 17:10 - The Message That Saved D-Day
• 19:35 - The Trial Where She Couldn't Testify
• 21:05 - The Classified Memoir
• 22:40 - How One Historian Exposed the Cover-Up
• 24:15 - The 2017 Revelation That Changed Everything
• 25:45 - Her Legacy in Modern Cryptography
• 27:15 - The Coast Guard Cutter Named in Her Honor
• 28:25 - Conclusion: The Code That Stays Broken

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