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Originally Posted by MontyB So how much of an effect did the breaking of German Air, Naval and Army codes play?
I have been very skeptical of German military intelligence during WW2, it seems to be completely off the mark in determining the enemy strengths and weaknesses and it flatly refused to believe that its codes had been broken for at least the last 3 years of the war. |
If you consider how faulty the intelligence for Barbarossa was, a huge effect. The Germans had no right to be as successful as they were but the use of innovative tactics combined with aggressive commanders like Guderian; and the appalling unreadiness of the Red Army somewhat saved them from embarrassment.
Later on in the war, when Germany basically had no chance to win, the fact that Allied planners knew almost all of the German operational plans helped to shorten the war.