Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!cheviot!brian From: brian@cheviot.uucp (Brian Randell) Newsgroups: net.crypt,net.politics Subject: Re: Enigma and the Eastern Front again Message-ID: <586@cheviot.uucp> Date: Mon, 17-Feb-86 05:23:55 EST Article-I.D.: cheviot.586 Posted: Mon Feb 17 05:23:55 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Feb-86 07:40:12 EST References: <11809@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <650@well.UUCP> Reply-To: brian@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk (Brian Randell) Organization: U. of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. Lines: 20 Xref: linus net.crypt:512 net.politics:12840 As a recent subscriber to net.crypt, I have found the correspondence about the impact of ULTRA very interesting, and hope it continues on the net, rather than via email. My own assumption has been that the best source of published information on this topic is the now almost complete series of volumes "British Intelligence in the Second World War: Its influence on strategy and operations" by F. H. Hinsley et al (HMSO, London, 1979 et seq). The most recent volume, for example, starts to reveal what was obtained from Enigma decrypts, via bombes, and what was obtained of more strategic importance from Fish decrypts, via the Collossi. I would be interested to learn how these volumes are now regarded, and what assessments there have been regarding their accuracy. -- Brian Randell - Computing Laboratory, University of Newcastle upon Tyne ARPA : brian%cheviot.newcastle@ucl-cs.arpa UUCP : !ukc!cheviot!brian JANET : brian@uk.ac.newcastle.cheviot