June 6, 2024

History Today, June 6: The role of signals intelligence or 'ULTRA' on D-Day

The term D-Day was a shorthand expression first used in World War I to denote the date an operation was to be launched. In the earlier war, officers also used H-HOUR and M-MINUTE, but these were seldom used in World War II. Because of the scope of the 1944 operation and the momentous stakes, in common parlance, “D-Day” has come to refer primarily to the landings in Normandy.

Aug. 4, 2023

National Cryptologic Museum Exhibit Features Early Atomic Age, Oppenheimer Letter

Almost eighty years later, visitors to the National Security Agency’s National Cryptologic Museum (NCM) in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, can view artifacts from the early Atomic Age, including rubble from Hiroshima, a piece of the first-ever nuclear reactor, and more.

Oct. 26, 2022

Women Cryptologists of World War II Honored with USPS Forever Stamp

FORT MEADE, Md. — Seated under a tent outside the newly opened National Cryptologic Museum (NCM) on a crisp, autumn morning, GEN Paul M. Nakasone, Commander, USCYBERCOM, Director NSA/Chief, CSS, NSA leaders, United States Postal Service (USPS) officials, and other special guests gathered to honor the work of the Women Cryptologists of World War II at the first-day-of-issue ceremony for a Forever Stamp.

Nov. 19, 2019

History highlight: A living language resource

FORT MEADE, Md. — National Veterans and Military Families month article about World War II linguist Clarence Yamagata.

May 23, 2016

NSA Releases Thousands of WWII-era Documents to National Archives

More than 29,000 pages of declassified material related to the World War II-era Target Intelligence Committee (TICOM) are now publicly available following a recent transfer from NSA to the National Archives and Records Administration.

Sept. 30, 2015

Symposium for Cryptologic History has its own rich history

Historians from NSA's Center for Cryptologic History (CCH), other parts of the Intelligence Community, and the Department of Defense, as well as distinguished scholars from American and foreign academic institutions, veterans of the profession, and the interested public, will gather at the end of October for two days of reflection and debate on the cryptologic past.

April 24, 2015

George C. Marshall Foundation and National Security Agency Debut Friedman Collection and the Declassification and Release of William Friedman's Official Papers

FORT MEADE, Md. — As part of the new George C. Marshall Legacy Series recognizing events from General Marshall's career, the Marshall Foundation and National Security Agency debuted its "Friedman Collection and the Declassification and Release of William Friedman's Official Papers" at the Marshall Library on Thursday, April 23, 2015.

Dec. 19, 2014

Everyone Can be a Codebreaker and Codemaker at the National Cryptologic Museum

FORT MEADE, Md. — The NCM offers interactive displays that permit visitors to step into history. In fact, the NCM may be the only museum in the world where visitors can encrypt and decrypt their own messages - on authentic, working German Enigma machines.

Sept. 19, 2002

NSA Opens Information Assurance Gallery at the National Cryptologic Museum

The National Security Agency is pleased to announce the opening of the Information Assurance Gallery at the National Cryptologic Museum. NSA's Information Assurance (IA) Directorate provides the solutions products and services that protect all classified and sensitive information infrastructures critical to U.S. national security.