The History of Information Security

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INFOSEC / Military History Tourism
Soviet security poster from 1954

Soviet security poster from 1954,
Boltun — Nakhodka dlya vraga!,
equivalent to the WWII Allied
Loose lips sink ships.

Germany — Enigma Cryptosystem Design
What did the Germans do wrong in the design and use of the Enigma cryptosystem?
UK — Cabinet War Rooms
A visit to the Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum in London
UK — Bletchley Park
A visit to Bletchley Park, north of London
UK — WWII / Cold War Tunnels at Dover
Tunnels cut into the White Cliffs, originally dating from the Napoleanic Wars, greatly expanded and used during World War II and the Cold War.
UK — Swingate Chain Home Radar Station
A large radar system used during World War II, on top of the White Cliffs just outside Dover. Part of the facility was used throughout the Cold War to detect and locate nuclear detonations.
UK — WWII glider base near Harwell
Used in the D-Day landings in Normandy and in Operation Market Garden.
UK — WWII Military Communications Gear
Exhibits in St James Park in London in June 2005 commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II
Belgium — Bastogne and the Ardennes Forest
The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 - January 1945
Turkey — Gallipoli
The Gallipoli Campaign, 1915
USA — Washington DC — Arlington Hall
US Army Signal Intelligence Service headquarters during World War II
USA — Washington DC — Naval Security Station
US Navy OP-20-G cryptanalysis center during World War II
USA — National Security Agency museum
A visit to the NSA museum, outside Baltimore, Maryland, USA
USA — Historical Electronics Museum
A visit to the Historical Electronics Museum near the BWI airport outside Baltimore, Maryland, USA
USA — USS Chaumont (AP-5)
A cargo ship continuously crossing the Pacific before World War II, and which carried some OP-20-G data.
USA — Cold War Watchtower DL3-G
The Cold War watchtower DL3-G, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA — Used to spot and track Soviet airstrikes on the midwestern states!

Pearl Harbor Revisited: United States Navy Communications Intelligence, 1924-1941
The entire book is available at http://www.history.navy.mil/books/comint/

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