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title: "Would the Germans have lost World War II if the Enigma encryption mechanism was not cracked by the Allied forces?"  
description: "Would the Germans have lost World War II if the Enigma encryption mechanism was not cracked by the Allied forces?"  
author: "Ronan Jone"  
published: 2018-03-11  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39969/would-the-germans-have-lost-world-war-ii-if-the-enigma-encryption-mechanism-was-not-cracked-by-the-allied-forces  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["germany in ww2"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Would the Germans have lost World War II if the Enigma encryption mechanism was not cracked by the Allied forces?

Would the Germans have lost [World War II](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41816/how-did-life-change-for-women-during-world-war-ii) if the Enigma [encryption](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1620/encryption-and-decryption-in-asp-dot-net) [mechanism](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1317/what-is-a-freezable) was not cracked by the Allied forces?

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