The Battle for Decryption (Patreon)

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2021-04-21 15:31:29

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2023-06

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The U.S is able to make incredible inroads in decrypting the main Japanese naval code, which the U.S refers to as JN-25. These developments allow the U.S and their allies to be increasingly prepared for future Japanese attacks, helping close what is currently an enormous naval gap in favour of Japan. Intelligence also helps the Germans this week, as they were aware of a shipment of fighters bound for Malta and were able to destroy them on the ground as soon as they arrived.

Indeed, it seems increasingly clear that in this war that cryptographers, signal specialists, and spies, are every bit as important as tanks and soldiers.

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139 - Allied Intelligence cracks Japanese codes! - WW2 - April 25, 1942

After last week's Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, pretty much the entire Japanese fleet is sent out looking for American ships. They do not find them, but the enormous amount of radio traffic they generate is a treasure trove for Allied codebreakers to work on. The Allies ship 46 British Spitfire planes to Malta... and all of them are destroyed by the Axis within 48 hours. Germany begins bombing tourist and cultural destinations in Britain, and to make things even worse for the British this week, they realize they can't hold Burma and are now making tracks for India, with the Japanese Army in hot pursuit. Get Collectibles here: https://timeghost.tv/collectibles/ Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join The TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost?sub_confirmation=1 Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day -https://www.instagram.com/ww2_day_by_day/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Source list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources Written and Hosted by: Indy Neidell Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns Research by: Indy Neidell Edited by: Iryna Dulka Sound design: Marek Kamiński Map animations: Eastory (https://www.youtube.com/c/eastory) Colorizations by: - Mikołaj Uchman - Daniel Weiss Sources: - National Portrait Gallery - Naval History and Heritage Command - Book by Rob Crosswell, Arrow by 4B Icons - from the Noun Project - Russian International News Agency Soundtracks from the Epidemic Sound: - Rannar Sillard - Easy Target - Jo Wandrini - Dragon King - Howard Harper-Barnes- Underlying Truth - Edward Karl Hanson - Spellbound - Craft Case - Secret Cargo - Johan Hynynen - Dark Beginning - Andreas Jamsheree - Guilty Shadows 4 Archive by Screenocean/Reuters https://www.screenocean.com. A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.