Poland’s hidden wartime codebreakers | Special Report https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/b21df5dc-3ffc-437d-8261-784a00a4f33e At 103 years old, Ferdynand ‘Fred’ Vanke may be the last surviving Polish codebreaker of the Second World War. For decades, his wartime story remained hidden. Sworn to secrecy, even his loved ones knew nothing about his service as part of the Polish special forces in the U.K. Now, he offers a rare glimpse into this little-known, but vital, chapter of Poland’s contribution to Allied victory over Nazi Germany. It is widely recognized that Polish cryptographers were the first to break the infamous German Enigma cipher, used by Nazi Germany to encrypt military messages, as early as 1932. But what happened to Poland's expert codebreakers after the invasion of Poland in 1939? Join TVP World’s Stanisław Kaleta in his Special Report: “Poland’s Hidden Wartime Codebreakers”. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Vanke’s secret wartime recruitment 02:32 The Polish signals operation in the U.K. 04:12 Poland’s pre-war Enigma breakthrough 06:09 Polish codebreakers during World War II 07:41 Secrecy, isolation, and wartime hostility 09:06 Recognition for a forgotten Allied contribution 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #Poland #War #Codebreakers Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:11:10 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl Poland’s hidden wartime codebreakers | Special Report https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/b21df5dc-3ffc-437d-8261-784a00a4f33e All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.