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Slight 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.
by diegof79 2y ago
Slight 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.