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North of London | Yes, I think the article I linked to was a little misleading because I understood the British cracked the code earlier in the war and were selective in what info they used so the Germans did not know they were deciphering their messages.
Alan Turing was an important part of the group that cracked the code but I am sure there is a lot more behind all the work.
I do know one of the first computers was used in code breaking, set up in the British Bletchley Park where all sorts of secret things were being carried out including misleading the Germans about where the D Day landings were going to happen.
One 'trick' in their program involved dumping a body in the water off Spain (I think) with fake papers on it to mislead the Germans.
The sub may have had a new type of encryption machine which helped but I do not think it was the only link in the breaking of the German messages.
The story does note how international laws were broken to keep the Germans from knowing about the capture of the sub so close to the D Day landings and that is how it ended up in Bermuda. | |
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A little history
