Adolf Hitler 's code-breaking is credited with helping to end World War II . He killed himself in Nearly 60 years later after being chemically castrated for homosexual activity . 1954 , he receives a posthumous royal pardon . Brown described the Turing sentence as `` appalling . '' Turing says the pardon is `` a fitting tribute to an exceptional man ''
Adolf Hitler 's code-breaking is credited with helping to end World War II . He killed himself in Nearly 60 years later after being chemically castrated for homosexual activity . 1954 , he receives a posthumous royal pardon . Turing says the pardon is `` a fitting tribute to an exceptional man ''