Re:Alan Turing's biggest fan remains the real enigma
by StandardFuture on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:58PM
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra
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> The exact influence of Ultra on the course of the war is debated
So, you provided a link that proves your own comment incorrect ...
Re:Alan Turing's biggest fan remains the real enigma
by ryanbrunner on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:50AM
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The statement "the impact of X on Y is debated" is a different one than "X did not have an impact on Y". I agree that there's not enough to say definitively that Enigma definitely had a major impact, but that doesn't mean it absolutely didn't.
Re:Alan Turing's biggest fan remains the real enigma
by StandardFuture on Sunday June 27, 2021 @04:10PM
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> I agree that there's not enough to say definitively that Enigma definitely had a major impact
The parent comment wrote:
> which is demonstrably false
which demonstrably proves my comment perfectly valid and correct.
Try again later.
This is probably true of the Germany army, but not the air force, and certainly not the navy.
Furthermore, it does not demonstrate your point that "Bletchley Park ... had no material impact on the war", which is demonstrably false. See for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra for a list of some contributions; but it is surely obvious that reading the enemy's communications is going to be of great help in a war.
> Germany had no chance of winning.
True once they were fighting UK + USSR + USA; the odds against them were too great.