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Originally Posted by ChrisS
I believe I'm correct in saying that by this stage of the war Enigma was little used. With the Germans fighting on their own territory landlines became the prefered method of communiction.CheersChris
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Quite the reverse Chris. There are masses of decrypts from this period. Probably the telephone system was severely disrupted by bombing and units were often dispersed to improvised air strips with no facilities.
There are many Ultra indications of a major fighter operation being planned in December 1944: units concentrating in forward bases, commanders being called to conferences, pairs of night fighters being assigned to fighter units etc. But of course the start of the Ardennes offensive "explained" all of that. I don't recall anything specifically warning of an operation on 1 January (which of course was later than the Germans had intended).