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BJGeary -> RE: Breaking enemy codes (1/9/2022 8:45:16 PM)
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It does work, but I sometimes have to save-scum, a LOT, for it to succeed. I also don't know how much effect this has in the game when you do succeed.
Historically the U.S. had already broken the Japanese Navy's code (the Japanese Army had their own, different, code) before the start of the war and the Japanese had no clue about it. The U.S. was still reading the Japanese Navy's com traffic 6 months later and thus were able to meet the fleet attacking Midway. Another year later, the U.S. was still reading the traffic and ambushed and killed Yamamoto on April 18, 1943. Yamamoto's plane was shot down near Bougainville Island, during an inspection tour of Japanese bases in the South Pacific. That pretty much finally clued in the Japanese that their code wasn't secure. On the flip side, the Japanese had also broken U.S. military and diplomatic codes prior to the start of the war. I'm not sure if the 1941 Pacific start factors in these facts.
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