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30th October 1942: German Enigma machine ciphers retrieved from submarine U-559 by British sailors
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30th October 1942: German Enigma machine ciphers retrieved from submarine U-559 by British sailors
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20 minutes
Released:
Oct 30, 2023
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A British party of Lieutenant Francis Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier, and canteen assistant Tommy Brown, boarded the slowly-sinking submarine after it had been damaged by depth charges and retrieved the Enigma codebooks and all the current settings for the U-boat ...
Released:
Oct 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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