Newly revealed documents show that, while breaking Nazi codes, Turing was also building a device that almost changed military ...

War rarely turns on one person alone, yet certain names continue to surface when the history of World War II is revisited.

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British mathematician Alan Turing ended his life condemned for being gay, but “The Imitation Game” has finally seen him recognised as a hero who hastened the end of World War II by cracking the Nazis’ ...

LONDON (AP) — The rainbow flag is flying proudly above the Bank of England in the heart of London’s financial district to commemorate World War II codebreaker Alan Turing, the new face of Britain’s 50 ...

Alan Turing was one of the most influential British figures of the 20th century. In 1936, Turing invented the computer as part of his attempt to solve a fiendish puzzle known as the ...