Nazi book full of Enigma codes sold for £87,000

Martin Postranecky <mp-/[email protected]> Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:04:51 +0100
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12 June 2014

Nazi book full of Enigma codes sold for £87,000 : 1944 version was soluble 
so it could be destroyed in case of capture

By Paul Donnelley

A book containing top secret Enigma codes that helped Nazi U-boats evade 
attack from the Allies has sold for almost £90,000.

Thousands of copies of the book were issued to the crews of the German 
submarines during the Second World War. But they were soluble and designed 
to be destroyed by throwing them in the water in the event of 
capture...../snip/


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