In terms of scope & scale you may be underselling the title. Enigma, while perhaps more far-reaching in its consequences for computerization, did not have consi

In terms of scope & scale you may be underselling the title. Enigma, while perhaps more far-reaching in its consequences for computerization, did not have consistent application its breaking would suggest. American code-breakers had more success against the Japanese in practical terms, Midway most especially, but the imperials were a doomed effort[0]. As the cliche goes, British intelligence, American steel, and Russian blood, all of which overshadowed by the Bomb. To put it bluntly, the equivalent would have to be, say, informing Stalin about Barbarossa, or cracking Purple before Pearl Harbor. What the article describes, is the most thorough and long-running (known) intelligence operation in modern history. It is simply unparalleled in strategic depth and tactical implications, not to mention how it must have shaped global politics, economics & social development. [0]http://www.combinedfleet.com/economic.htm http://www.combinedfleet.com/economic.htm