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by legostormtroopr 1092 days ago
> Same state kept his achievements and contribution to the war effort a secret up until after his death, so they could persecute a war hero without the public knowing about it.

Thats not exactly a fair representation of what happened. They kept everything about the cracking of the Enigma a secret because it was a huge shift in information warfare. Also, while Turing was a big part of it Bletchley Park had hundreds of staff, and all of them were equally impacted by post-ware secrecy provisions.

Implying that he, and he alone, was responsible for the cracking of the Enigma and that he alone was suppressed in history is a wild mischaracterisation of the realities of the time.

* necessary disclaimer: Turing was unquestionably a war hero and what happened to him post-WWI was barbaric and a dark mark on history.