How WWII Was Won, and Why CS Students Feel Unappreciated

https://bit.ly/3eCnBS6 May 7, 2020

Observations of the 75^th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe (May 8, 1945) included remembrances of such searing events as the struggle on Omaha Beach on D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, and at least some recognition of the enormous contribution made by the Russian people to the defeat of Fascism. Yet in all this, I suspect the role of the first "high-performance computing" capabilities of the Allies—known as Ultra in Britain, Magic in the U.S.—will receive too little attention.