Hi,
as a German let me state the following:
Actually the nazis made a mistake as they tried to improve the
scrambler. Instead to improve the enigma they introduced some
redundancy. So after the �improvement� it was easier to uncoede the
coded message.
Another hint for the allies was the fact, that the nazis did not use
synonyms for military terms. Therefor the allies searched for words
like �major�, �captain�, �regiment�, ... (german translation of
course)
For more information visit:
http://www.attlabs.att.co.uk/andyc/enigma/about_enigma.html
http://home.us.net/~encore/Enigma/enigma.html
http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/people/mcsele/Enigma.html
Alexander.
Am 11/3/00, 1:04:06 PM, schrieb "Commander Pier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
zum Thema Re: [RR] CodeBreakers! Intelligence Ops and Royal Rangers!:
> > Last night on PBS I watched a program about the secret code breakers
of
> > WW2 in Britain..
> > With only the scrambled transmissions of Nazi communications they were
> > able to "de-duce" not only the message but the machine that scrambled
> > the text! They built one based on sheer brain power of asking what
> > would it take to secure text and portray it in this manor..
> > They "saw" the un-seen.. by looking not at the confusion,
> > but at the surrounding structure that did not change.
> They allies had the nazis code machine, called the enigma machine.
The
> Poles and French had one each. The Poles destroyed theirs as the
Nazis were
> invading Poland. The French smuggled theirs to England.
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