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Wilhelm Tranow (born 1891) was a German cryptanalyst, who before and during World War II worked in the monitoring service of the German Navy and was responsible for breaking a number of encrypted radio communication systems, particularly the Naval Cypher, which was used by the British Admiralty for encrypting operational signals and the Naval Code for encrypting administrative signals.[1][2][3] Tranow was considered one of the most important cryptanalysts of B-service. He was described as being experienced and energetic.[4] Little was known about his personal life, when and where he was born, or where he died.
The American historian David Kahn underscored the war-historical significance of this cryptography and cryptanalysis success of Tranow, citing an anonymous source:
If one man in German intelligence ever held the keys to victory in World War II, it was Wilhelm Tranow.[5]
^David Kahn, Page 200
^Rezabek, Randy (30 April 2011). "B service (Navy)". TICOM Archive. Open Publishing. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^Richard Woodman (6 July 2011). The Real Cruel Sea: The Merchant Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1943. Pen and Sword. p. 387. ISBN 978-1-84468-975-0.
^Bauer, Friedrich L. (2007). Decrypted Secrets: Methods and Maxims of Cryptology (4th, revised and extended ed.). Berlin: Springer. p. 472. ISBN 978-3-540-24502-5.
^David Kahn (2001). Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-boat Codes, 1939-1943. Barnes & Noble Books. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-7607-0863-7.
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