[Leica] OT:How many languages do you speak?

[gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)]

Karen Nakamura wries in part:
> 
> I read that the reason the Japanese naval code was broken so 
> easily during the Pacific War was that they used regular morse code in 
> roman letters rather than a more complex code that combined katakana and 
> kanji. The Japanese language only have 5 vowels and 13 consonants 
> and repeats them in regular patterns (a vowel always after one of the 
> consonants). So a simple cipher was easy to break.
> 
The history books say that US Naval Intelligence was able to break Japan's 
diplomatic codes fairly quickly. The Naval Code (purple?) was a much harder 
nut to crack. I've always wondered if Germany and Japan were able to break 
allied codes during WWII.

I suspect that they were in fact at least somewhat successful.

Regards,

Greg