The amazing story of KptLt Looks' U-264

defcom · 03-26-06, 08:06 AM

There was a lot of publicity, the past weeks, for Stefan Krah's M4 project to break three Kriegsmarine Enigma messages. Reading a secret message, send from a U-boat is very appealing to all of us. In all the excitement, we should not forget what lies beneath that message. If you get deeper into the message, the terrible story of naval warfare surfaces. Wo has sent the message? What happened to the people on that U-boat? What was their faith? For more details on Kapitainleutnant Looks and his crew, read the story of U-264. You think the movie 'Das Boot' was cool? Well, than read this one! Compared to U-264, Das Boot was a vacation trip!

http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/m4project.htm

tbarak · 03-26-06, 07:00 PM

I remember stumbling across another Enigma site where they de-cyphered execution orders that were delivered to a death camp. It wasn't related to the sea wars but interesting nonetheless. That was really creepy.

defcom · 03-29-06, 03:02 AM

Indeed, the Flossenburg messages. With the execution orders for some well known German generals and French resistance people. A site from Frode Weierud. He's busy breaking more than 500 authentic Wehrmacht messages...

http://frode.home.cern.ch/frode/crypto/bgac/index.html

03-26-06, 08:06 AM	#1
defcom Seaman Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 42 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	The amazing story of KptLt Looks' U-264 There was a lot of publicity, the past weeks, for Stefan Krah's M4 project to break three Kriegsmarine Enigma messages. Reading a secret message, send from a U-boat is very appealing to all of us. In all the excitement, we should not forget what lies beneath that message. If you get deeper into the message, the terrible story of naval warfare surfaces. Wo has sent the message? What happened to the people on that U-boat? What was their faith? For more details on Kapitainleutnant Looks and his crew, read the story of U-264. You think the movie 'Das Boot' was cool? Well, than read this one! Compared to U-264, Das Boot was a vacation trip! http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/m4project.htm

03-26-06, 07:00 PM	#2
tbarak Sparky Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 151 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I remember stumbling across another Enigma site where they de-cyphered execution orders that were delivered to a death camp. It wasn't related to the sea wars but interesting nonetheless. That was really creepy.

03-29-06, 03:02 AM	#3
defcom Seaman Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 42 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Indeed, the Flossenburg messages. With the execution orders for some well known German generals and French resistance people. A site from Frode Weierud. He's busy breaking more than 500 authentic Wehrmacht messages... http://frode.home.cern.ch/frode/crypto/bgac/index.html