Alan Turing: The Codebreaker Who Saved Europe 🇬🇧 — Betrayed by His Own Country?

Alan Turing led a team of Second World War codebreakers who helped defeat the Nazis and liberate Europe. He happened to be gay - and back in post-war Britain, this somehow was good reason to 'throw him under the bus'. Watch this video for the shocking story, and to hear why today, Turing can be considered a radical.

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The Imitation Game (2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2jRs4EAvWM
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/20/the-imitation-game-invents-new-slander-to-insult-alan-turing-reel-history