Anoraks Corner by Tony Sale
You think you can break Enigma?

Scenario 5.
Itercept date: 5th November 1944 on a German Air Force frequency.

172OKR 5TLE 250 WRB HOW SKN

GSBGH XBVGJ PPIOW OFTBM USYBT IRQRZ OLYVM JHLKO

WYLZO BYWYM TPBAN IOHZY FJGRQ ZBITM ICEPC AZIMO

CMIGF XOUWC XVQKV IZPZX SOYEL UWWCL FJBQB ZQTEV

KCGNS GVMCT CRNIB CCJWW EDKBG TBORD KXZUA ICXOX

MNPGC ADTWT JCBYJ CEKIY WKCJK PAQBJ UTATU ZNDZZ

YOSZF WYVXV XLEQY QWSUI XZXOH FMXPS LLKIL QKCGT

QNTKZ OUZXW

On the original intercept were written JPA JZQ (possibly the start and end Enigma wheel letters for the original decrypt) and this is thought to be the original German message.

EINSXZUSAMMENFASSUNGDERAUFKLARRUNGSERGEB

NISSIVOMXVIERXELFXVIERVIERXABLESQLOSSLNX

VIERXELFXEINSSIEBENNULLNULLXUHRYYAUFKLAE

RUNGDURQIETTERLKGEUNDPLATZZUSTXNDBEHINDE

RTYYAUFSTRASSENIMRAUMWESTUNCNORDWESTXBEL

GRADXKEINEGROEBSERENBEWEGUNGENOYUEBERKSA

VESAVEYBEI

This is the message to decipher using the Enigma configuration found by breaking the above cipher text.

CACS5 25/01/03 AES JZR BYS

PXYLL QMUBD HIMWA TXJKC ZTSHU VJUHL SSCGQ JDIBD

DFVWK AAAXU UCFDQ LBARC OTSUB FDANG

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This page was originally created by the late Tony Sale, the original curator of the Bletchley Park Museum,

Anoraks Corner by Tony Sale You think you can break Enigma?

Scenario 5.

Anoraks Corner by Tony Sale
You think you can break Enigma?