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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Adverse effects of the Abolition of
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In article <11754@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> tedrick@ernie.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Tom Tedrick) writes:
>Noone in this discussion has mentioned the role of
>cryptography in the defeat of Germany in WW2 ...
>I claim cryptography was the key factor.
>
>Waiting for the flames ...

We were discussing the Eastern Front.  As far as I've heard,
cryptography played no role there.  Since I think the Western
Front had just a small part in the defeat of Germany (although
it did have a major role in the liberation of France), I think
cryptography played a minor part in the defeat of Germany.

Not that cryptography wasn't important for other reasons.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720