HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Panzer Lehr Division, Hirohito, Operation Cobra
Document Summary
Signal intelligence (sigint) proved to be very pivotal. Allied interception of critical radio messages and documents, as well as the axis interception of misleading messages enabled the military successes of the allies. Day-to-day interceptions ensured axis leaders and generals would deploy their forces unfavourably against their allied foes. Before the intelligence war could be won, the battle of the atlantic had to be won as a prerequisite. The sea lanes not only ferried resources, but also messages. Admiral donitz had organized his u-boat fleets into wolf packs", to efficiently sink the allied merchant navy fleet. For 6-8 months, alan turing managed to break the german naval enigma code. It was discovered that the enigma had encoded its messages 2 letters at a time. These utilized sets of letters were known as the binary tables". Turing"s fellow co-worker, harold hensley worked out the discipline and logistical support of the.
