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Originally Posted by SeeBass
Here is a part I missed
If they take the Enigma won't the Germans know they took it and alter codes?
I heard it mentioned but I didn't catch it.
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Ultimately, the Allies got aboard a disabled German submarine in the middle of the Atlantic and nabbed an Enigma machine before the crew could scuttle the sub. A perfect nab and the Germans had no idea it had happened. It was one of the great Intelligence coups of WWII and even as their subs began disappearing in staggering numbers, the Germans couldn't believe it was because the Allies knew exactly where to look for them.
I agree that nabbing an Enigma on land would need something similar to cloud its disappearance, like blowing up the hotel and burying everything in rubble.
I watched the Dieppe documentary last night and while a sometimes cheesy melodrama in its presentation, the information itself was very important and interesting. Good job by the historian to flesh all that out.
Cowperson