MI6 doled out intelligence according to the statistical probabilities to avoid Nazi suspicion.

Posted by geoffkait on December 29, 2014 at 16:25:22

In Reply to: " It stopped the war" Avoid gross overstatements. posted by Victor Khomenko on December 29, 2014 at 15:06:13:

I think you might have missed the whole point of the movie. And of the significance of breaking Enigma. In the movie MI6 agrees to keep the whole thing secret and not tip their hand. That's why it took so long, two years or whatever, for the war to end. But it was the big battles like Normandy that we won due to the intelligence gotten from cracking Enigma. But others battles we lost because MI6 did not provide intelligence for all battles, only a statistical sampling worked out by, guess who? Turning.

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Topic - "The Imitation Game:" the story of Alan Turing, a candidate for inventor of the modern computer, - tinear 16:57:00 12/28/14 (13)

Liked it .... - reelsmith. 20:02:01 12/29/14 (0)

The MI6 dude and the commander were excellent as were the other crypto dudes. Nt - geoffkait 11:54:52 12/29/14 (0)

Also take a look at the Codebreaker - Victor Khomenko 07:27:53 12/29/14 (9)

RE: Also take a look at the Codebreaker - geoffkait 12:44:13 12/29/14 (8)

Not quite so - Victor Khomenko 13:40:51 12/29/14 (7)

That might be true but - geoffkait 14:11:42 12/29/14 (6)

That is all well documented - Victor Khomenko 14:19:18 12/29/14 (5)

The theory of relativity was built somewhat on what others had done before, nevertheless... - geoffkait 14:41:29 12/29/14 (4)

" It stopped the war" Avoid gross overstatements. - Victor Khomenko 15:06:13 12/29/14 (3)

MI6 doled out intelligence according to the statistical probabilities to avoid Nazi suspicion. - geoffkait 16:25:22 12/29/14 (2)

I have not seen the movie, and don't have any particular desire - Victor Khomenko 19:53:36 12/29/14 (1)

RE: I have not seen the movie, and don't have any particular desire - geoffkait 03:56:18 12/30/14 (0)

Turing and the apple. - free.ranger 17:55:27 12/28/14 (0)

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MI6 doled out intelligence according to the statistical probabilities to avoid Nazi suspicion. - geoffkait 16:25:22 12/29/14 (2)

I have not seen the movie, and don't have any particular desire - Victor Khomenko 19:53:36 12/29/14 (1)

RE: I have not seen the movie, and don't have any particular desire - geoffkait 03:56:18 12/30/14 (0)

MI6 doled out intelligence according to the statistical probabilities to avoid Nazi suspicion.

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