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

Martin...

Thanks for this - I was aware of the sale of the naval Short Signal Codebook but had not seen the UK press article. Pity that with usual journalistic ignorance the Mail used an army Enigma as an illustration :-))

David H.
 
At 06:04 06/12/2014, Martin Postranecky wrote:
>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/
>
>
>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2655689/Nazi-book-Enigma-codes-sold-87-000-1944-version-soluble-destroyed-case-capture.html
>
>http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/12/article-0-1EA8992300000578-36_308x425.jpg
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>http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/12/article-0-1EA8B53000000578-360_308x425.jpg
>
>http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/12/article-0-1EA8B4AE00000578-980_308x425.jpg

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