Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Most Secret Source: The Role of Enigma in WWII
Most Secret Source: The Role of Enigma in WWII
Most Secret Source: The Role of Enigma in WWII
Ebook121 pages1 hour

Most Secret Source: The Role of Enigma in WWII

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

How did ULTRA shape the course of the war? At times, it played a major role in the turning of battle, at other times did not, at still others was fatally misused, and at still others was beneficial but not necessary to bring about victory in any case. Unfortunately, good intelligence is often badly used by its masters. ULTRA was no different.

 

Did ULTRA win the war? No, men and tanks and bombs and airplanes did. Did ULTRA shorten the war? Given the extent to it which it provided foreknowledge, once the balance of military forces was relatively close the answer must be yes. Did ULTRA prevent an earlier end to the war either by creating such confidence that avoidable mistakes were made in the rush for glory, or by preventing acceptance of an outcome short of unconditional surrender, or by causing the Allies to discount internal German opposition and a possible suicide attempt on Hitler? No, for its benefits outweighed its negative. Does the glory of the victory become tainted in light of ULTRA? Yes, for not only does it reveal the extent to which our commanders knew in advance of German battle strengths and location, thus giving them a decided advantage, it also points out several egregious errors on their part despite possession of ULTRA. Can intelligence be counted on to provide us victory in future conflicts. No. ULTRA use and implementation was clearly deficient for two to three years, and came about only with the help of Polish and French contributions which we cannot count on in the future. As Welchman points out, that may well mean suicide in a world where computers and ICBM's reduce the drag time to seconds from years. What role did ULTRA play? To quote one of the examiners: "Ultra was a war winner" even if not "the war winner."

LanguageEnglish
PublisherDarvin Babiuk
Release dateOct 16, 2020
ISBN9781393009962
Most Secret Source: The Role of Enigma in WWII
Author

Darvin Babiuk

Author of his own misfortunes, Darvin Babiuk writes history, novels, short stories, translations, articles, shopping lists, and has more than once been considered a write-off. He hopes to be around to write his own obituary. Friends and relatives say he has never been the same after the tragic incident at the Moose Factory 47th annual Dmitro Petrycyshyn Pickerel and Perogies Cribbage tournament. His turn-ons include women with mustaches, Men Without Hats (The musical group, silly!), honey Dijon mustard and leopard frogs. If he were a vegetable, he'd be a beet, pithy but misunderstood. He wishes he could write like Scarlett Johansson's voice sounds. He has lived and worked in a number of overseas locations in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Read more from Darvin Babiuk

Related to Most Secret Source

Related ebooks

History For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Most Secret Source

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Most Secret Source - Darvin Babiuk

    ebook_preview_excerpt.htmlZmr9 ~nmR,i%:YUel%{=ɾ@)ٞ؍D̗/_f}g;uo`?߇?w^ukR}͔u2/i?vSzT5V?VMTD֦kZ:U6_ԶНN5z˾0DSBϻ`Z*ncgAuAخ˫V-}hb+6+&Ԧw࣢IVnlj3 J19 {2ac*w0ߨ6X| <ߩքȫ=ֆ_uʸ¨MeJU:*hye]+Uؒ|Vv䩅1rL)p<y\s.;Ymvi{U jU&(6z{H#dXy1jc%&3S]ȏ& *68Dm^0N/tcCatmdpW?&W .埍2/&zT<<p9>LrȾZN);Q/+;RƖ-MlwNؙ-_ft8NGN?F"銪6[uã*wɯ boFl2^{ [6>E}  L#G2>u&{W"11wme#K.hxW%/sH^){ܶ/&pPùv@ L!\3W"NMŢb~K ҫooaIN伓{ؔD>tJbh+Z`n2NլÃ`nT^١Shu%oEm!>:6HU_@F^k[ j }uȟJ4."IRUTY\NIu2o3Z(|(BT ~jQd64w[d|# @lFfH-OEu`n~{di*%\ mհPh $r]57FŤMG/\yfli>Sd ,pz>{Ň闓5V-ř:Wg\ͮO_of뛻]̞} N/gwl' Ͼ-`O/>ųOg78۳5'7'W_OϮo٩:F}%YC]I$?|F/uU6OpƘq z 9solH\Y6Ʒz[HQ7SԳ S{PD[aՋ? ڞrQض+L.{NRHm#diD暑K>umAȦUUG;rPcbA`2I''Bv<ޥ"bӎR|PMf UW){,Kp@`e43oƾO4KYn.^ Dвnؤ.feLڣGl@66³]yp0L~n|ڈ5 Ogj#S-ǡ=,Y6V!J"2X9|*r#MLh1LQɴ u v𴩺3`暂 'iz7y.=pxw heXwG{2{::3WԱH=R/aD;ܦfZۚLHmN[s !q_F&) !jl(ᣀ rO Hl!SzmsM%ϐw2'qPӯ pKas8-*Y?Hn.bbhDTiէ`yEp=)5" ҂b r˪ivC OrWkz98UEAd FȊ&E\؎U3$Qq&2C-8Vgvm'+iD6%mKƘFH{Lx{e0ȼ_u*sϊ[֦iSu}Z^~x6.]%\x|M8ZNf58R79 q&Vy)}ʕ`Ie65j-b[vmplm f|T(G(j͌p+:.AI*Gd٧dX(_e@=8j!PN ߅4ƞ`34VF'/C-a5Z4U⓸O{6^u#xqܧjHyX0UH~mTQ]F̀'t)>~TWFh6ű`q,L4̯FRF}(T/] tVmiXI.X~"byե!D9âm;Y'[z2V|>fKD&JKcח\( Q<%dbu|8R˝JHd0ZT<3Qsz׶C㜌2 A5?J 1dU d24Uf]$|ǖAn© ,دlT҄&Y5M2E:HX9tnptYb!^;)Sa[:9\=:tB[u4]ƺ"An +ᄿ* Jf K#8Psf7\iDfU GII) F MmӲTf +N#
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1