The Battle for Decryption (Patreon)
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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.