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I'll tell you what the messages say if you're nice to me.

When I lectured on the Enigma machine and later Colossus (my fee went to the British Legion, earned over £2500) I managed to get hold of genuine messages sent during the Russian campaign. I still have them.

The best messages for obtaining the code settings for the day was from remote units where nothing was happening. The usual German efficiency they daily reported Nichts zu berichten Heil Hitler. Nothing to report Heil Hitler - An absolute gift for the codebreakers. The Kreigsmarine were never that careless.

I also have an Enigma machine.



Always loved this photograph of Guderian and the Enigma machine.

Also shows the big weakness of the system.

THE OPERATORS.

 

Just after this she became a crab hotel courtesy of the Royal Navy.

You will notice that the Kreigsmarine used 4 letter Groupers the army used 5 letters. All except the Tirpitz who used the German/Japanese system.

 

I love how this one posts like they are Christ come to cleanse the Temple, when figuratively speaking they are more akin to the illiterate janitor come to sweep out the library.