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How many Navajo code talkers were captured in World War 2?

No code talkers were captured. There was a Navajo man who was captured by the Japanese in the Bataan Death March group. They interrogated him. He could not give them the code because he had not been trained in the code. He may have been able to figure it out if they Japanese had not tortured him.


How many US soldiers surrender in World War 2?

During World War II, approximately 200,000 American soldiers were captured and became prisoners of war (POWs). However, the number of those who officially surrendered is not precisely documented, as many soldiers were captured during battles rather than formally surrendering. The most notable event of mass surrender occurred during the fall of Bataan in 1942, where thousands of American and Filipino troops were captured by Japanese forces.


What was the impact of Bletchley Park in World War 2?

The code breakers made a major contribution to the Allied war effort when they broke many of the Enigma Codes. They certainly aided in Germany's defeat more than most WW2 battles.


Where was Adolf Eichmann captured?

Eichmann was captured on 11 May 1960 in a Buenos Aires suburb, he was tried, convicted, sentenced and executed.


Why did the Germans think that the Enigma code could not be broken?

Actually the Germans did not think that the Enigma could not be broken, in fact they made many changes to the machine and the procedures for its use during the war to make it harder to break, just in case the enemy was making any progress at breaking it. However they did make the mistake of assuming that its encryption algorithm had no major weaknesses (the Poles and British found several) and that the very high number of combinations possible on the machine would make any cryptanalytic attack even if successful take so long that the information obtained would have no military value by the time a message was deciphered by the enemy (the Poles and British and Americans built large high speed parallel electromechanical machines called Bombes that automated this and could try hundreds of combinations per minute to reduce this time). The British also discovered that in practice many German Army Enigma operators frequently deliberately violated the official operating procedures, making their messages nearly trivial to break in some cases! German Navy Enigma operators were never allowed to violate official operating procedures, making their slightly different Enigma machine harder to break. Also even when the Navy Enigma was broken all you got was codewords which were gibberish without the current Navy codebook, making it necessary for the British to capture one every time the Germans replaced their codebook with a new version, until then no Navy Enigma messages could be read even when they had been broken.

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How many enigma machines were captured?

During World War II, Allied forces captured approximately 200 Enigma machines. These captures were crucial for the Allies' efforts in deciphering German communications, significantly contributing to their intelligence operations. The seized machines, along with documentation and codebooks, helped cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park, including notable figures like Alan Turing, break the Enigma codes.


How many pages does The Enigma of Arrival have?

The Enigma of Arrival has 318 pages.


How many pages does The Great Enigma have?

The Great Enigma has 87 pages.


How many codes did Alan turing break?

Alan Turing is best known for his work in breaking the Enigma code, used by Nazi Germany during World War II. His efforts at Bletchley Park significantly contributed to the Allied war effort, as he and his team developed techniques and machines, most notably the Bombe, to decipher the numerous variations of the Enigma. While Turing’s work primarily focused on the Enigma, he also contributed to the breaking of other codes and ciphers used during the war. However, the exact number of different codes he broke is not precisely documented.


Enigma used in a sentence?

Enigma means something or someone that is puzzling or mysterious. Many sentences can be made using enigma. Its a NOUN btw.


How many POWs were captured in world war 2?

Almost all of them.


Are there any jobs out in the world that allow you to learn about machines?

There are many types of machines and many jobs will allow you to learn about machines. Factory jobs frequently teach you about the machine as you learn your job. It is on the job training.


How many slot machines are in the world?

No one really knows the correct answer.


How many karaoke machines are there in the world?

exacly.... 8,352,002,147,335 with many more being made this second..


How many American pilots were captured in world war 2?

100,000 in Europe 10,000 in Pacific


How many german submarines were captured in world war 2?

During World War II, a total of 154 German submarines, known as U-boats, were captured by Allied forces. Many of these were surrendered at the end of the war in 1945, while others were captured during various military operations. The captured U-boats were often used for testing and analysis to understand their technology and improve Allied naval capabilities.


What is the machine?

There are many different things in the world that can be considered a machine. These machines include computers and phones.