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The Colossus that beat the Nazis: Never-before-seen pictures of world’s first-ever digital computer that remained a secret for 60 years…

Daily Mail News UK

By HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY CORRESPONDENT

PUBLISHED: 09:37 EST, 18 January 2024 | UPDATED: 09:53 EST, 18 January 2024

A series of never-before-seen pictures of the secret code breaking computer that helped beat the Nazis have been released.

The images from intelligence agency GCHQ shows Colossus in full working mode as it was used by spies at Bletchley Park and played a key role in ending the Second World War.

They have been released to mark the 80th anniversary of what is also thought to be the first digital computer ever made.

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