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On This Day in History - February 12, 1940
February 12, 1940 #OTD World War II: German submarine U-33 was sunk in the Firth of Clyde by the minesweeper Gleaner. 25 of the crew perished but there were 17 survivors, one of which had three Enigma machine rotors in his pockets which were sent to Alan Turing at the Government Code and Cyper School for study. Among those killed was the commander of the submarine Kapitänleutnant Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky, he was 32 years old. Pictured: German submarine U-33 at sea.
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