Code Breaker 'Lorenz'

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Richard
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Code Breaker 'Lorenz'

Postby Richard » Sun May 29, 2016 11:33 am

A discovery of a German code machine from WW2 has been found via ebay:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36401663

I wonder how it ended up in Southend!

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Richard
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Re: Code Breaker 'Lorenz'

Postby Richard » Sun May 29, 2016 11:35 am

I think it was an 'encoder' and therefore not the same thing as a 'code-breaker'?

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Re: Code Breaker 'Lorenz'

Postby ColinL » Mon May 30, 2016 11:54 am

Probably taken home from Bletchley Park when it closed and somehow the taker forgot to return it. Have a look in your loft you never know what may be there!


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