Joris Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 A very interesting incident happened during the latter months of WWII when a cryptographic device went missing. As the Allied arm.es were preparing foi the finalassault into Germany during the waning months of World War II. an event occurred which had the makings of a major disaster. An advancing U.S. Army division lost a SIGABA. 'he cryptographic machine used for the high..t level> of U.S. communications. This type of machine was a vital part of a world-wide Combined (UK/US) communications system. and should it fall into enemy hands. the r..ults could be devastating. All of the Allied war plans for the: spring assault into Germany, for ..ample. had been enciphered by SIGABA. as well as arrangements for Pr~idenr Roosevelt's pending trip to Yalta. And it was the only highly seeure U.S. cipher system available romany U.S. units in Europe at that time. http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/cryptologic_spectrum/Colmar_Incident.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Interesting that they only declassified this two years ago! :shocked: Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 Yeah very odd, isn't it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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