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There were a couple of versions of the Enigma. The German U-Boat command used it (4-rotors) as well as the Army (3-rotors). It's possible they hoped to pick u
by chiph 14y ago
There were a couple of versions of the Enigma. The German U-Boat command used it (4-rotors) as well as the Army (3-rotors). It's possible they hoped to pick up one being used by the Army, and even better, the keys for it.
Operationally, the Navy generally had better procedures, but both had weaknesses (cribs) that were able to be exploited by Bletchley Park. Both tended to have the phrase "Heil Hitler" in their messages, and the Navy would transmit identical weather info in both Enigma and weaker encryption systems.
- ronmac 14y agoIf I remember the AU30 were targeting German Naval HQ at Dieppe. Even if they did manage to pinch one of these machines the Germans would have noticed it and changed the codes. I don't know if you saw the documentary which aired on Canadian History Channel last summer The documentary was such a snow job, portraying Flemming as the master planner of British intelligence operations when he was just of one of many midstream officers.