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On this day in 1940, the Germans set up two-way radio communication in their newly occupied French territory, employing their most sophisticated coding machine, Enigma, to transmit information.
The Germans set up radio stations in Brest and the port town of Cherbourg. Signals would be transmitted to German bombers so as to direct them to targets in Britain. The Enigma coding machine, invented in 1919 by Hugo Koch, a Dutchman, looked like a typewriter and was originally employed for business purposes. The German army adapted the machine for wartime use and considered its encoding system unbreakable. They were wrong. The Brits had broken the code as early as the German invasion of Poland and had intercepted virtually every message sent through the system. Britain nicknamed the intercepted messages Ultra.
The Germans set up radio stations in Brest and the port town of Cherbourg. Signals would be transmitted to German bombers so as to direct them to targets in Britain. The Enigma coding machine, invented in 1919 by Hugo Koch, a Dutchman, looked like a typewriter and was originally employed for business purposes. The German army adapted the machine for wartime use and considered its encoding system unbreakable. They were wrong. The Brits had broken the code as early as the German invasion of Poland and had intercepted virtually every message sent through the system. Britain nicknamed the intercepted messages Ultra.
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TSgt Joe C. God Bless the Poles that turned over the Enigma Machine to the Brits, God Bless the Female British Agent in South America that got one from Her German Lover. Bless the US Navy Admiral that wanted one and Captured One from a German Sub. And Above All God Bless Alan Turing Who Broke the Random Variable with the First Computer and was the Watershed Moment and the Beginning of the Computer Age!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
TSgt Joe C. Respectfully Cryptologic Technician Communications First Class Petty Officer William Wesling "Chip" Nagel USN(R).
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
TSgt Joe C. My NECs (MOSs) are Computer Communications, Telecommunications Management and Tactical Intelligence.
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Thanks for reminding us TSgt Joe C. that on June 27, 1940 the Germans set up two-way radio communication in their newly occupied French territory, employing their most sophisticated coding machine, Enigma, to transmit information.
Within a year the daily-changing cipher-machine had been decoded by the British - ladies in tennis shoes played a role.
Within a year the daily-changing cipher-machine had been decoded by the British - ladies in tennis shoes played a role.
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