10 Feb
2015
10 Feb
'15
6:39 a.m.
It only makes sense for there to be a big array of NCR
Bombes, not
the slow British-built ones, but
with all the ships being sunk, how could they be sure such a shipment
could make it across the Atlantic?
Spread the shipment over quite a few ships. The machines may have been
tagged as expendable items, like most military things. If a few get
sunk with the ship, make more.
These things were critical national
resources, so I just can't image the US shipped a batch of them to
Britain. (Also, there is the security issue of how to keep prying eyes
off the Bombes while being shipped.)
This is a non-issue. One a thing was export packed, it was just
another big crate to the dockworkers and seamen. One of thousands per
manifest. And I mean BIG crate. I have had to bust up more than a few
World War 2 export crates, and I can tell you that you will need a
much bigger tool that just your eyes!
The Bombe parts must have been made
in machine shops across England.
This was standard practice for just about every nation in World War 2,
just as it is now. Little bits and pieces are farmed out carefully,
and none of the little shops see the big picture.
Any comments?
I have not seen the movie, but I will warn that Enigma people are
almost as nutty as the Tesla fanboys. There are a *lot* of
misconceptions and misinformation out there.
--
Will