Enigma U-Boats: Breaking the Code - The True Story

by Jak P. Mallmann Showell

Book Overview

After World War I, the German admirals were shocked to discover that the Royal Navy had had an immense advantage--they had penetrated the secret German radio codes. Confronted with this fact, the Germans determined that any future codes would need to be so complex that breaking them would, theoretically, be impossible. The result was the famous Enigma machine, whose settings were altered so frequently and variables so great that the Germans believed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557502021
• ISBN13: 9781557502025
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 10.4"