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Colossus the computer created to crack Enigma was released in 1943, that’s probably the cause: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer https://en.m.w
by diegof79 2y ago
Colossus the computer created to crack Enigma was released in 1943, that’s probably the cause:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer
- diegof79 2y agoSlight correction: according to Wikipedia, Colossus was based on the machine used to crack Enigma: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombe However, the timeframe matched, so around 1943, the Allies could decipher messages that allowed them to anticipate German naval movements.
- 3eb7988a1663 2y agoI thought the German subs used more sophisticated encryption and were more disciplined in operational procedure such that the subs were largely not decrypted by the Allies.
- dredmorbius 2y agoMore a factor against Germany AFAIU. Japan relied on code books, not crytographic mechanisms. Japanese Empirical codes were cracked dating to the beginning of the war AFAIU, or at the very least 1942.