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Old 11th July 2019, 23:15
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Re: Luftwaffe in Birmingham area on 11 December 1940

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Originally Posted by Nick Beale View Post
Those are British substitutions for the original German codenames which were all major rivers. The change was made to avoid giving the Germans a "crib" to break into British codes. The instruction for this was issued on 19 November

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Nick, thank you very much Now everything is clear.
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