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Re: HMS Dainty Enigma
Posted by: Brian ()
Date: September 01, 2005 01:58PM

Confidential papers were retireved by the boarding party prior to the sub's sinking, but definitely NOT an Enigma machine, for one simple reason: The Italian Navy did not start using enigma until February of 1941 and then only at the insistence of the German High Command.
Until that time, Italy had been using a Swedish coding system which the British, ironically, had NOT been able to break. As soon as Enigma came into play.... the results are sadly well known.
Regards, Brian

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HMS Dainty Enigma Peter Bird 08/31/2005 03:38PM
Re: HMS Dainty Enigma Brian 09/01/2005 01:58PM
Re: HMS Dainty Enigma Richard Frank Rigby 09/08/2005 06:25PM


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