OT Enigma Machine

lugerholsterrepair · 09-28-2002, 11:04 PM

Pete, These machines had a capability to put on and take off wheels. The Germans started out with one and eventually went to multiples. Some of the more complicated ones had more than four I think. The Poles copied the Enigma from a commercial model that was sold in Germany before the war and by the time the Germans invaded Poland they had a giant work shop think tank that was removed to England just in time to escape capture. It became a basis for breaking German codes. Time life produced a book on codes etc. That had a great article about this. Jerry Burney

09-28-2002, 11:04 PM	#10
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Pete, These machines had a capability to put on and take off wheels. The Germans started out with one and eventually went to multiples. Some of the more complicated ones had more than four I think. The Poles copied the Enigma from a commercial model that was sold in Germany before the war and by the time the Germans invaded Poland they had a giant work shop think tank that was removed to England just in time to escape capture. It became a basis for breaking German codes. Time life produced a book on codes etc. That had a great article about this. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

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