Re: Used by Nazis, cracked by Turing , sold by Sotheby's : Rare surviving Enigma expe cted to fetch y£70,000 at auction (fwd)

> On 2015-07-12 (193), at 10:58:17, Martin Postranecky <mp-/[email protected]> wrote:
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> 10 July 2015
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> Used by Nazis, cracked by Turing, sold by Sotheby's : 
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> Rare surviving Enigma machine expected to fetch £70,000 at auction
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> - Enigma 1, known as Wehrmacht or 'Services' Enigma, dates from 1930-38 
> - It was used by German military and also railways before and during war
> - Machine is one of earlier models with just three rotors; later ones 
>  had five

Naval Enigma had four.  Have never heard of five.

> - About 100,000 Enigma machines were made until the fall of Third Reich
> - Few survived as Germans tended to destroy them as they retreated

The Allies were also responsible for their wholesale destruction.

Apparently a hand grenade was the way to go.
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