The first in a series of Code Breaking Videos from WW2. Major Henry Burton of US Military Intelligence explains how the codes were found and cracked. There are some most interesting similarities between some of these codes and those found in the Somerton Man Mystery
The two videos on this page are the first of a series on WW2 codes and code-breaking. You will see examples of true clandestine communications, codes that were created and used in the field by enemy agents.
The first video above shows a basic decoding technique:
This next video shows an example that will ring bells if not because of the code type then most certainly for the way the code in this instance was concealed. It was hidden in the seam of a handkerchief. Followers will know that the torn piece containing the words TAMAM SHUD, was found rolled up very tightly and pushed down into a hard to find fob pocket. It would have felt just like a seam.
More videos and codes will be posted regularly until we have completed the series.