U110 : New pictures have shown HMS Bulldog approaching a Nazi U-boat in Atlantic

Saturday 21 January 2017

The proof the Royal Navy captured the Nazi's Enigma code machine :
Moment British sailors raided a U-Boat and helped turned the tide of
WWII against Hitler


- New pictures have shown HMS Bulldog approaching a Nazi U-boat in
   Atlantic
- The British sailors then launched a raid on the boat capturing Enigma
   machine
- It was captured by Sub Lt David Balme and was cracked by code breakers
- The images prove the Enigma machines was captured by British and not
   Americans as suggested by a Hollywood movie

By Jennifer Newton for MailOnline

This is the moment a British Navy officer launched a raid upon a
stricken Nazi U-boat that saw the top secret Enigma machine seized
bringing an end to the Second World War.

The never before seen pictures see HMS Bulldog approaching the German
vessel close to Greenland to capture it and two other warships.

And they prove it was indeed British forces that captured the Enigma
machine and not the Americans as suggested in Hollywood film 'U571'
starring Matthew McConaughey and Jon Bon Jovi.

When the raid party from HMS Bulldog boarded the U-Boat 1941, they would
find the Enigma machine perfect intact, along with vital code books.

But its capture by brave young officer Sub-Lieutenant David Balme then
enabled Bletchley Park code breakers to crack the code, helping to bring 
an end to the war.

He was terrified to board U-110 scaled three ladders to the top of the
boat’s conning tower before snatching the machine.

The new images captured by the crew of the Bulldog are featured in a new 
book by historian Peter Hore, about the capture of the machine.

And he told the Mirror : 'Balme's bravery changed the course of the
Battle of Atlantic which, until then, the Germans were winning.

'The capture of the machine and the codes enabled the British to
re-route convoys to avoid U-boats and to send out hunting groups, which
whittled away their numbers.....


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4142758/Navy-destroyer-launches-raid-Nazi-U-Boat.html

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/amazing-moment-navy-officer-captured-9663589

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- "Enigma : The Untold Story of the Secret Capture"
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   ( The British Navy at War and Peace )

    by David Balme, Peter Hore ( Series Editor )

Product details
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     Paperback
     176 pages
     Publisher : Whittles Publishing
     01 Dec. 2016
     ISBN-10 : 1849952264
     ISBN-13 : 978-1849952262
     Product Dimensions : 35.2 x 1.8 x 14.5 cm


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Enigma-Untold-Secret-Capture-British/dp/1849952264

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