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Re:Understanding the Enigma machine from “The Imitation Game... by MertsA on Friday February 27, 2015 @12:28AM (#9117327)
The problem is intercepting the codebook. If they had the machine and could somehow intercept the codes then yes.
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Re:Understanding the Enigma machine from “The Imitation Game... by kijin on Friday February 27, 2015 @12:44AM (#9117374)
According to Wikipedia [1], the codebooks were printed in red water-soluble ink. If a German ship wasn't already full of water by the time the Allies gained access to it, any German soldier could simply splash water (or blood) on the codebook, rendering it useless.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine#Details

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