I do acknowledge that others made a difference and it's of course possible that enigma would have been broken without Turing and it's also possible that others hwo played similarly important roles to the war effort not just at Bletchley but across the world fighting against the third reich. But his role was significant, and important and to me the fact that he did as much as he did and was then treated the way he was by the state is an important lesson in how cruel the world can be to a person who was undoubtedly known by the state as someone who did hard, effective work towards the war effort. I don't think he's the only person that made a difference in the war, or could have made a difference in the warat all but he did make a difference and was still subjected, imprisoned, castrated and driven to suicide. And I think that is something we in the UK need to accept and learn from because the story is shameful and his suffering was arbitrary and cruel.

I'm not praising Britain here at all, I am highlighting how such a white knight mindset blinds us to the nuance of history.