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And Allen Turing was treated horribly after the war. What the British did to this wonderful man was a total disgrace. A total disgrace.

The British also cracked the Japanese Naval codes that saved thousands of lives and shorterned the war in the East.

So not like in the movie? What a surprise!

A regular captain Queeg. Talking U559, Deutschland Unterseeboot U-59 was a Type IIC

ODE TO TOMMY BROWN. Born in the old town of North Shields, up on the great Tyne’s shore. A boy named Thomas Brown grew up, a whole lifetime before. Now Tommy was a bright young lad, he would try his hand a owt. That he would be someone someday, there really was no doubt. Far off horizons fueled his thoughts, for he knew he couldn’t stay. A life at sea was what he sought, so he signed then sail away. He lacked in years so he bent the truth, to make his wish come true. To see the world to fight the cause, and sail those oceans blue. He had found his niche in Navy life, it just suit him to a tee. A role he’d play upon the waves, out on the rolling seas. One day tho fate would play her hand, and she would again once more. But cometh the hour cometh the man, Tommy came right to the fore. A stricken U-boat, time was short, three men all brave and true. Stepped to the plate to meet with fate, as each second danger grew. They’d board the sinking submarine, and place all doubts aside. The three would overstay their leave, “It’s time to go” Tom cried! A sudden shudder focussed minds, and gripped the men with fear. All three would sink beneath the waves, only Tom would reappear. As he breached the clear blue waters, he gasped deep for precious air. Concerned was he now for his friends, but fate had claimed the pair. But the salvaged papers Tom retrieved on that momentous day. Would change the future of the world, in the most profound of ways. But in the meantime through his fame, Tom’s age was ascertained. Too young he just could not remain, despite the medals gained. He was eighteen years upon this earth, when on HMS Belfast. He would sail into his home town port, for some family time at last. When Tommy slept alone down stairs, flames licked through his abode. So he did what heroes always do, and flicked to rescue mode. Tommy saved his little sister Maureen, from those wicked flames. But in this sheer act of selflessness, the lad himself was overcame. He would never come to know just what, a difference he had made. The papers Tom took from that sub, were of the highest grade. They helped to break Enigma’s code, and countless lives were saved. To that end we owe our gratitude, for those sacrifices made. Now in the Town where Tom was lain, in the memory of his class. There's a permanent reminder in, the form of stained cut glass. And now every time that gold sun shines, Tom’s name is bathed in light They said he’d be someone someday, and by God they were right. James Bridgewood.

Read somewhere that there was a German installation that would send out an all clear message every day. Since they knew what the message would be it was possible to determine the wheel and plug settings. General order was to avoid attacking the facility so the correct settings could be deduced You forgot...away all boarding parties and U505.

The Polish mathematicians had got their hands on an Enigma Machine before the war and later their work was delivered to the Brits and then the Brits got the machine and codes from the U-559. So, Turing got a lot of help; he didn't do the work all alone. Excerpt from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Enigma_double A Polish Enigma "double" was a machine produced by the Polish Cipher Bureau that replicated the German Enigma rotor cipher machine. The Enigma double was one result of Marian Rejewski's remarkable achievement of determining the wiring of the Enigma's rotors and reflectors.[1] First double Prewar Polish Enigma double The Polish Cipher Bureau recognized that the Germans were using a new cipher. The Germans had mistakenly shipped a cipher machine to Poland; their attempts to recover a shipment raised the suspicions of Polish customs, and the Polish Cipher Bureau learned that the Germans were using an Enigma machine.[2][3][4][5] The Bureau purchased a commercial Enigma machine, and it attempted but failed to break the cipher. In December 1932, the Polish Cipher Bureau tasked Marian Rejewski with breaking the Enigma cipher machine. A French spy had obtained some material about the Enigma, and the French had provided the material to the Polish Cipher Bureau. By that time, the commercial Enigma had been extended to use a plugboard. Rejewski made rapid progress and was able to determine the wiring of the military Enigma. The Bureau modified its commercial Enigma rotors, reflector, and internal wiring to match the military Enigma. The commercial Enigma did not have a plugboard, but the plugboard could be simulated by relabeling the keys and the lamps.[6] The result was the first Enigma double.

Interesting information. Thank you

So U-559 was damaged, Enigma & books captured, Oct, 1942. Hmmmmmm Yet the HMS BULLDOG, captured (if that is the right words you want) the ENIGMA Machine and related code books from U-110 on May 9, 1941.. Therefore giving the code breakers at Bletchley Park a huge advantage..

This channel is so much better now without the robotic voices keep this narrator

Just a nitpick on an excellent video, it’s HMAS Parramatta not HMS. All Australian navy ships are HMAS or Her Majesties Australian Ship. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺

Brave men!

Then Hollywood made a film about this event but strangley the heros became American as did the destroyer, another attempt to make America "Great Again" ( not that that was needed as America is, as it always has been, a great country )

The weather code and short signal code books were both featured in the movie Enigma

Thanks Well done

Googled, 1 Brake Horsepower (bhp) = 1.01386794232804 Horsepower (metric).

The Germans never suspected that their codes were compromised. Not once. Any changes they made were simply routine upgrades.

Remarkable.

The movie has the Americans as those capturing the German Submarine (U-571, if I recall) and is entertaining .... the Brits are the ones to be credited though .... so nice to see them getting it straight herein. GBjj

Thanks for the efforts in using metric also the parramatta was considered a corvette- newer (French) term for a sloop of war

But in the movie, the Americans seized the enigma.

wow

Haven't seen this before... Why at 8 minutes does it seem like the entire crew is wearing some type of mask?

Smoking kills

Good story. Important information. A pretty dry narration.

Wtf is a metric horse? ...Googling... 10 less watts than freedom horses. 🐴 Knowing is half the battle. G. I. Joe!

I thought us Americans did this in the movie U-571.

....and the movie U-571with Mathew McConaughey was total BS from start to finish.

I made in till the 45 second mark. The POLES broke Enigma in 1932. Turing met with the Polish codebreakers in secret. At the start of WWII, the Germans tried to make their codes harder to break. The knowledge Alan Turing gleaned from the Poles enabled him to build Christopher. The U-boat number is wrong. Do better.

Turing DID NOT decipher Enigma! Enigma was cracked by 3 Polish codebreakers before the war and the results of their work were gifted to the Bletchley park code breakers in 1939 as a measure taken by the Polish government to prevent/delay German victory. The so called Turings bomb wasn't his invemtion either. It was designed by the same guys before the war but the project was classified, only Turing claimed this invention after the war. Do your research before posting cos your commentary can be misleading.

Using captured code books and enigma machines is NOT code breaking! Typical British Propaganda.

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so much BS about history of Enigma..

The British had nothing to do with breaking the Japanese military codes, it was all American know how. You need to reread your WW2 history about this.

The British captured the enigma machine from the U-110 May 9, 1941

NOT true....this story is entirely false.