"Substitution encryption is a simple way to decipher messages, but these codes are very easy to crack." except in this case the Enigma was more of a mechanical one-time-pad that without possession of it, intercepting the daily cypherkey was useless
"Substitution encryption is a simple way to decipher messages, but these codes are very easy to crack." except in this case the Enigma was more of a mechanical one-time-pad that without possession of it, intercepting the daily cypherkey was useless
I’d give it a good home.
Allies captured one from a disabled Uboat.during the war and broke the code.
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The Enigma code was not easy to descript. It was extreme difficult.
One of the keys to breaking the code was when one of the decoders over heard two secretaries discussing the fact that one of the German encoders always included, “Heil Hitler” at the end of every message. That was a big help when the British started having success in deciding messages.
By the end of the war, the British were able to decode the messages in real time.
The Allies cracked both the German and Japanese codes. This was instrumental in defeating Germany and Japan. The intelligence was particularly important early in the war when the information turned critical battles. The Battle of Midway may have been lost without the information provided by deciphered Japanese messages. Most of Rommel’s supplies in North Africa never reached him because the British knew exactly how and when they were coming. they attacked accordingly. If Rommel had been properly resupplied and reinforced, the German probably would have seized the Suez canal. Neither the Germans nor the Japanese became aware that their codes were broken.
but the Poles laid the groundwork and are rarely credited.
From "The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Codebreaking, by Simon Singh. 2002" "When in comes to the German ENIGMA code of WWII, and in contrast to some English-language books on this subject, Singh gives credit squarely where it is due. He traces the Polish successes with code-breaking, beginning with the cracking of Russian codes by the Biuro Szyfrow (the Bureau of Ciphers) during the 1920 Polish-Bolshevik War. (p. 144). In the years before WWII, a Polish team of mathematicians headed by Marian Rejewski recognizably solved the ENIGMA (p. 155). The Poles were ten years ahead of anyone else in this field (p. 160). The later successes of the British at Bletchley relied on Rejewski’s work (p. 170), and followed the lead of the Poles. (p. 243). Alan Turing followed Rejewski’s strategy. (p. 171)."
Rejewski was Jewish as was most of his team.
Wow
The nazis are still operating a code machine.....
And from the bottom of the ocean.....
They’d have to be what, as old as Joy Behar?
Never thought I’d see one, but was surprised to see an Enigma Machine here in Virginia Beach at the Pungo Air Museum. They also have a German V-1 Buzz Bomb and about 100 German, Russian and Allied WW 1&2 aircraft. Cool place to visit if you are ever down this way.
It was easier to ask Sgt Schultz for information.