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How long it was necessary to decode Enigma messages ?
Posted by:
Richard Milkcow
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Date: April 20, 2011 10:43AM
Hello everybody.
I'm Richard, from Switzerland, and this is my firt message here.
I asked this question to myself : how long it was necesssary to decode/encode Enigma messages ?
Sounds like a long processus to me :
- Translating the Morse code.
- Setting the Enigma machine.
- Decoding the message.
- Transmitting the message to the Kaleun.
And if the message requires an answer :
- Writting the answer.
- Coding the answer with the Enignma machine.
- Sending the coded answer by Morse code to the BDU.
The radiomen were fast, but it's sounds like a never-ending operation (specialy during Wolfpacks). There was some important delays between a message and its answer I think.
I'm Richard, from Switzerland, and this is my firt message here.
I asked this question to myself : how long it was necesssary to decode/encode Enigma messages ?
Sounds like a long processus to me :
- Translating the Morse code.
- Setting the Enigma machine.
- Decoding the message.
- Transmitting the message to the Kaleun.
And if the message requires an answer :
- Writting the answer.
- Coding the answer with the Enignma machine.
- Sending the coded answer by Morse code to the BDU.
The radiomen were fast, but it's sounds like a never-ending operation (specialy during Wolfpacks). There was some important delays between a message and its answer I think.
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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How long it was necessary to decode Enigma messages ? | Richard Milkcow | 04/20/2011 10:43AM |
Re: How long it was necessary to decode Enigma messages ? | ThomasHorton | 04/21/2011 04:49PM |
Re: How long it was necessary to decode Enigma messages ? | Seeker | 04/25/2011 06:16PM |
Re: How long it was necessary to decode Enigma messages ? | Ken Dunn | 04/25/2011 08:43PM |
Re: How long it was necessary to decode Enigma messages ? | Dan Girard | 04/28/2011 12:35AM |
Re: How long it was necessary to decode Enigma messages ? | ThomasHorton | 04/28/2011 05:03PM |
Re: How long it was necessary to decode Enigma messages ? | Dan Girard | 04/28/2011 06:40PM |