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To: PAUL09

Allies captured one from a disabled Uboat.during the war and broke the code.


6 posted on 03/22/2021 10:51:32 AM PDT by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)
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To: NWFree

More than 1, I think. The Brits captured U-559 while the US later captured U-505. There may have been some surface vessels carrying Enigma that got grabbed too.


14 posted on 03/22/2021 10:57:36 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: NWFree

Poland actually got possession of one. They sent it to England 2 weeks before the war started.


39 posted on 03/22/2021 3:04:18 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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