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SIGSALY: Churchill's wartime secure line to Roosevelt

Original: SIGSALY: Churchill's top secret hotline to the president

A new feature from Imperial War Museums explores SIGSALY, the pioneering encrypted telephone system that let Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt speak securely during the Second World War. The system, developed by the Allies, was one of the earliest examples of digital voice encryption and remained a closely guarded secret for decades after the war ended.

Why now: Readers are interested in newly surfaced historical material about the little-known technology behind Allied wartime communications

Winston ChurchillFranklin D. RooseveltImperial War MuseumsSIGSALY

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