Comment by youngtaff
1 hour ago
They weren't all destroyed, some were moved to what became GCHQ (UK's equivalent to the NSA)
See Influence and Fate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer
It's Tommy Flowers I always felt sorry for, after the war he wanted a loan to build a computer was refused on the grounds that what he wanted to build was impossible. He knew it was possible but couldn't disclose that due to secrecy laws
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