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Published on: VG

August 21, 1942

In London’s most exclusive circles, the sensational news spreads that Erwin Rommel is ill. The source, which has remained secret, is actually an Enigma interception by Ultra. The British will blame the leak on the Italians, the Germans will believe it (especially Rommel), and this story will be written in the history books… until the declassification of Ultra, starting in the 1970s and continuing into the 1990s, will bring the truth to light (but the history books will not be rewritten).