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Not an expert, but... The WWII German codes were mostly broken by the British GC&CS at Bletchley Park. While breaking the Japanese codes was the US Navy's sig
by bell-cot 3y ago
Not an expert, but... The WWII German codes were mostly broken by the British GC&CS at Bletchley Park. While breaking the Japanese codes was the US Navy's signals intelligence folks (with quite a bit of foreign help).
Vs. the NSA was only created in the 1950's, out of the SIS - which was very closely associated with the US Army.
- pestatije 3y agocontrary to general belief, enigma was cracked by the poles
- bell-cot 3y agoYeah, mostly true - though there are also French and various other fingers in the pie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine#Breaking_Enigma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine#Breaking_Enigma (But in any case, it for-sure seems not to have been the NSA, nor any predecessor agency.)