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01:40Hitler's Germans,
01:42strengthened after taking over Czechoslovakia
01:44and also the defense produced in Skoda plants,
01:46sent more and more urgent requests to Poland.
01:50On April 28, Hitler delivered a speech
01:53in which he repeated all the resolutions.
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02:01The answer was the speech of Minister Beck,
02:04who in the Sejm on May 5
02:06categorically rejected all German requests.
02:09Beck concluded with the following words,
02:11Poland cannot be pushed away from the Baltic States.
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02:17The main advantage of the Third Reich
02:19in the game against Europe
02:21was its military and economic power.
02:23It had a military advantage
02:25over each individual European country,
02:27as well as over Poland.
02:29How great was the economic advantage
02:31over our capabilities,
02:33only one fact can testify.
02:35The construction of modern fortifications
02:37would equal the one and a half-year
02:39total budget of Poland.
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03:00In the summer of 1939,
03:03when in Poland the soldiers
03:05who were about to take part in the battle
03:07were mobilized,
03:09the intelligence services strengthened their network,
03:11recruited further agents,
03:13and made plans for the war.
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03:22Report to Colonel Langer as soon as he arrives.
03:25What is already there,
03:27he can come in.
03:29And please call Colonel Schlichau.
03:31Mr. Schlichau.
03:41Mr. Colonel, reporting for duty.
03:43Colonel, please.
03:47I appreciate your punctuality.
03:49What a fatherland, Mr. Colonel.
03:54Please, Colonel.
03:57I called you to give you a certain order
04:00from the head of the General Staff.
04:02But before that, I would like an explanation.
04:04Well, Colonel Schlichau
04:06from our Main Staff
04:08pointed out to me that...
04:15that you have moved
04:17four receiving stations from the east
04:19to Pomerania and Silesia-Cieszyn.
04:21Thus, you have bypassed
04:23the eastern border.
04:25And it happened without our knowledge.
04:27It was my order,
04:29according to the General Inspectorate of the Armed Forces.
04:31Interesting.
04:33Yes, I think it's all right.
04:36We have strengthened our ears.
04:38In the light of the recent events,
04:40I mean the creation by Hitler
04:42of the Czech and Moravian Protectorate
04:44and the occupation of Klaipeda by him.
04:46Don't panic, Colonel.
04:48But alertness is not panic.
04:50I remind you of the DPR,
04:52from which it turns out that more than
04:54a thousand Czechoslovakian fighter jets
04:56fell into the hands of the Germans.
04:58500 tanks and armored vehicles,
05:0034,000 machine guns
05:02and millions of missiles.
05:04Thus, the armament of about
05:0630 or so tactical units.
05:08And I would very much ask
05:10for the word panic to be withdrawn.
05:14All right, all right.
05:17Hitler is trying to play us on nerves.
05:19That's all.
05:23The Germans won't risk war with us.
05:25Unfortunately, the DPR
05:27is doing something completely different.
05:29And please study the materials
05:31delivered by us in detail
05:33from the last few weeks.
05:35Thank you, Colonel.
05:37May I leave?
05:44So, seven radio stations
05:46work on the western borders of Poland.
05:48So what do 14 people in DPR do?
05:51Decrypting codes, training personnel
05:53and operating equipment.
05:55There are a few civilians on the list of employees.
05:57It's a foreign element.
05:59We don't have to mobilize them.
06:01They are all verified,
06:03sworn and under protection.
06:05Mr. Colonel, do you vouch
06:07for the authenticity and truthfulness
06:09of everything you receive from them?
06:11Yes, I do.
06:13I vouch for it.
06:16I recently took this position.
06:20I'm curious about these civilians.
06:25Officer on duty,
06:27please prepare a car for tomorrow
06:29outside of Warsaw.
06:49Yes, but do you understand, Colonel,
06:51that the entrance to the center
06:53is strictly prohibited?
06:55Correctly.
06:57Unfortunately, you will have to make an exception.
06:59The head of the headquarters
07:01would like you to invite your colleagues
07:03from England and France.
07:05Show them our work, our machines, etc.
07:09After the April meeting
07:11with the UK,
07:13and after the May meetings
07:15between the headquarters of Poland and England,
07:17we expect significant foreign loans
07:19for armaments.
07:21I understand, sir.
07:23They will leave satisfied.
07:25Besides, we owe them,
07:27especially Captain Bertrand,
07:29a debt of gratitude.
07:31What debt of gratitude?
07:33Mr. Colonel, the French
07:35are simply richer than us.
07:37They penetrate the area,
07:39reach where they need to
07:41through their agents
07:43and give us information.
07:45Information, i.e. materials
07:47collected by them,
07:49Yes, but what we receive is not enough.
07:51To solve the code,
07:53we must have a lot of materials.
07:55And our devices do not reach
07:57the main German armories
07:59in Nadrenny and Wróża.
08:01I understand.
08:03Czołem.
08:19CZOLEM
08:49CZOLEM
08:59Captain Bertrand.
09:05What happened?
09:13A letter was signed.
09:15It means Colonel Langer.
09:17What does it mean?
09:19Il y a du nouveau
09:21means the solution
09:23to the secret of the German Enigma.
09:25Impossible.
09:29Colonel Langer is a serious man.
09:31We have known him for years.
09:33He has a great team.
09:35You exclude
09:37some misunderstanding here,
09:39some kind of bluff?
09:41But I absolutely exclude,
09:43Mr. Colonel.
09:45In that case...
09:47The matter is clear.
09:49We should take advantage of the Polish offer.
09:51Naturally.
09:53You will make contact with the Deniston commander in London
09:55and you will go to Warsaw together.
09:57Yes, sir. Thank you.
09:59Thank you.
10:11And what about the Deniston commander?
10:13I think the fate of the Poles
10:15is prejudiced.
10:17We should not take
10:19attempts to take
10:21the results of their research
10:23from the Poles.
10:25You are right, my friend,
10:27but let's not forget
10:29that the Poles often exaggerate
10:31about their possibilities.
10:33Recently, they gave us a hostage
10:35and probably inconsistent with the reality
10:37of the state of their aviation.
10:39This was stated by Colonel Menzies,
10:41but I don't want to exaggerate.
10:43Even our expert,
10:45Delinox,
10:47thinks that solving the German riddle
10:49is impossible.
10:51Impossible?
10:53Our old friends
10:55Napoleon and Nelson
10:57did not recognize this word.
10:59Bertrand, my friend,
11:01I admire your erudition
11:03and optimism.
11:41Thank you.
11:51Welcome.
11:53Thank you.
11:59Please.
12:03The English have already arrived.
12:05They are staying in their embassy.
12:07You will sleep at my place.
12:09Lieutenant Bracken,
12:11did you take him with you?
12:13No, he stayed in our embassy.
12:15He still has to give me my passport.
12:17I will sleep there.
12:19Can I report something?
12:21In a moment.
12:23Everyone is in advance.
12:25You must be hungry,
12:27so they will give us something.
12:29I have decided without any hotels
12:31and restaurants.
12:33I have been looking forward
12:35to eating at Simon's for a long time.
12:37Thank you.
12:39The bathroom is on the right.
12:41I'm listening.
12:43A white-red Mercedes
12:45has been following us for two days.
12:47He was following us
12:49from the theatre square to the pier.
12:51I asked him to check
12:53if it was a bus
12:55that brought him from Vienna
12:57during the Anschluss.
12:59Did you check him?
13:01Yes, he is Lasenga or Cwaniak.
13:03He sneaked into the General's house
13:05in the sports club.
13:07Let me know where to find
13:09his car.
13:11I don't want uninvited escorts.
13:13If they have any doubts,
13:15I will call the police.
13:17Thank you.
13:27They are here.
13:29Hello.
13:33I have prepared flowers
13:35in French colours.
13:37Thank you.
13:45Good morning, sir.
13:47Good morning.
13:49I would like to recommend
13:51a strawberry in Cracovian,
13:53hazelnuts in Grzanka
13:55and Jankowski's liqueur with black currant.
13:57I recommend it.
13:59Thank you.
14:07What?
14:09Here you are.
14:11It's hazelnuts,
14:13not cream,
14:15but in Grzanka.
14:17Let's start with the strawberry.
14:19You must be tired.
14:23The English
14:25didn't believe me
14:27and questioned
14:29the meaning of the trip.
14:31I told them that your telegram...
14:33I don't know how they did it,
14:35but it's a fact.
14:37I am proud.
14:39Since 1920,
14:41when Clixbarine
14:43started using
14:45mechanical encryption,
14:47I was looking for help
14:49in Prague, Riga, Tallinn
14:51and in London.
14:53Some didn't count as partners
14:55and others didn't want
14:57a real partnership.
14:59So that's why
15:01you took care of our relations.
15:05Cheers!
15:11Lick,
15:13did the materials I bought
15:15come in handy for your math?
15:17They were very useful.
15:19They accelerated the solution.
15:21When can you tell me?
15:23Don't expect too much from me.
15:25Anyway,
15:27I'm working hard
15:29to implement the basic principle.
15:31The work is ongoing
15:33and must go on.
15:35The Germans are trying
15:37to create new difficulties.
15:39I understand.
15:41Despite serious achievements,
15:43we don't want to be alone.
15:47My report met
15:49the expectations of my colleagues.
15:51Despite that,
15:53I got the approval of Tegura.
15:55I was allowed
15:57to reveal our achievements
15:59in case of war.
16:01You know,
16:03not so long ago
16:05a guy was sent to me...
16:09Excuse me.
16:13Here you are.
16:15I'm listening.
16:17Yes, Lieutenant Colonel Langer.
16:19Yes, I confirm.
16:21Yes.
16:23But Major Ciężkiewicz...
16:27It doesn't matter
16:29how.
16:31I just don't want him
16:33to trample on my heels.
16:35Of course,
16:37we'll pay all the costs.
16:39Thank you.
16:41As I mentioned,
16:43not so long ago
16:45a guy was sent to me
16:47who assured
16:49that he'll give us a solution.
16:51But he demanded 100,000 francs.
16:53Did you accept the offer?
16:55Of course.
16:57We should do everything
16:59not to arouse any suspicions.
17:01So he got some money
17:03and didn't show up again.
17:05So the Germans have proof
17:07that we still don't have a solution
17:09and that we're still looking for it.
17:11But they still
17:13send spies.
17:15Tomorrow you'll probably
17:17see one of them.
17:19From a distance, of course.
17:23You may leave.
17:25You may leave.
17:41Be elegant.
17:55Be elegant.
18:09You know what I mean.
18:11We'll do everything
18:13according to the order, sir.
18:15We'll make the fight as it should be.
18:17But I beg you, sir,
18:19to have the patrol nearby
18:21and come quickly with the cadets.
18:23Otherwise, Wonsal will lose his mind
18:25and I'll hit everyone
18:27when he falls.
18:29Wonsal,
18:31did you hear that?
18:33Me, sir?
18:35You can't hurt your colleagues
18:37or my people.
18:39Do you understand?
18:41That's right.
18:43We have to make the car suffer.
18:45I'm counting on you.
18:47The patrol will be waiting
18:49at the nearest gate.
18:51And what about us, sir?
18:53If everything goes well,
18:55you'll get a liter of Zagrech
18:57for breakfast after 8 p.m.
18:59and in the afternoon
19:01you'll be free.
19:21POLISH TEMPERAMENT
19:47What's that, Polish temperament?
19:49No, rather improvisation.
20:15Damn!
20:17Let's go.
20:19We'll take your lieutenant and the English along.
20:47POLISH TEMPERAMENT
21:17POLISH TEMPERAMENT
21:31Will you follow me?
21:33What's going on?
21:35Just a moment, please.
21:37He took a picture here.
21:39I'm a journalist.
21:41Just a moment, please.
21:43What do you mean?
21:45I'm a journalist.
21:47You'll answer for this.
21:49Please.
21:51Please.
21:53Ask them.
21:55They'll be here in a moment.
21:57So, gentlemen,
21:59as I said,
22:01the existence of the Polish Enigma
22:03is known only to our team
22:05and a few higher officers.
22:07In a moment, our two cryptologists
22:09will explain how these machines work.
22:11Only two?
22:13I thought there were three of them.
22:15Master Henryk Zygarski is busy at the moment.
22:19Here are our cryptologists.
22:21Master Marian Rejewski
22:23and Master Jerzy Różycki.
22:25Please.
22:29The gentlemen claim
22:31that these are Enigmas.
22:33That's right, Mr. Norris.
22:39The Polish Enigma is a faithful replica
22:41of the German Enigmas,
22:43working on batteries.
22:45The Germans use tens of thousands of such devices
22:47both in diplomacy
22:49and in higher command.
22:51This is a keyboard with 26 letters.
22:53Just above it are light windows
22:55in which the letters already processed
22:57by the internal mechanism
22:59are displayed.
23:01At the front of the machine
23:03there is a control unit
23:05that multiplies the number
23:07of possible combinations
23:09of the Enigmas.
23:11The number of possible combinations
23:13of the Enigmas is very large.
23:15It is 60 times
23:1726 to the third
23:19times 26.
23:21Divided by 2 to the tenth
23:23times 6 to the tenth
23:25times 10 to the tenth.
23:27It is equal to
23:2915 times 10
23:31to the nineteenth.
23:33To realize the magnitude of this number
23:35it is enough to realize
23:37that the world has existed
23:39for 5 billion years.
23:41Only about
23:4315 times 10
23:45to the sixteenth.
23:47So it is a thousand times smaller
23:49than the number of possible combinations.
23:51But there is a bigger number
23:53of possible combinations
23:55of the Enigmas.
23:57It is 26 to the fourth
23:59divided by 2 to the thirteenth
24:01times 13.
24:03It is 5 times 10
24:05to the ninety-second.
24:07This number is so large
24:09that it can be compared
24:11only to the number of particles
24:13in the universe.
24:15And what are the combinations
24:17of the initial drum?
24:19Alphabetical, so ABC and so on.
24:21Really? I didn't think of that.
24:23In fact,
24:25when the right drum
24:27makes the full rotation
24:29and starts moving,
24:31the neighboring drum
24:33does the same.
24:35It should be added that the Germans
24:37constantly use the drum exchange.
24:39And how is the decoding done?
24:41It is enough to tap on the keys
24:43to reveal the open text,
24:45that is, the clair.
24:47Of course,
24:49provided that the mechanism
24:51of the machine is properly set,
24:53that is, that the key
24:55used by the German operator
24:57is known.
24:59The rings are made of metal.
25:01They are used for each individual drum.
25:03At the moment of hitting the key,
25:05the right drum,
25:07that is, the clair,
25:09rotates by one twenty-sixth part
25:11of its length.
25:13At the same time,
25:15this illuminating bulb lights up.
25:17This allows a lot of combinations
25:19on the switchboard.
25:21After the key is properly set,
25:23it is given where it is needed.
25:25It is marked with a numeric number.
25:27The violins mark where it is needed.
25:31What's going on there, Lieutenant?
25:33I report to you, Colonel,
25:35that we have stopped a man.
25:37A taxi driver came and started
25:39photographing our area.
25:41He says he is a journalist.
25:43Please note the staff
25:45and take the film out of the camera
25:47and display it.
25:49Yes, sir.
25:51In the control room,
25:53we have plugs with two ends.
25:55They indicate which pair of letters
25:57is connected to each other.
25:59Every German operator,
26:01before starting to encrypt,
26:03must pass the DPS with its own code,
26:05for example, WSB.
26:07Is it possible to read and receive
26:09the DPS transmitted from Germany?
26:11Of course.
26:13But reading is getting more and more difficult
26:15because the Germans are still changing
26:17the way they give the keys.
26:19Every day they set the rings
26:21and the order of the rollers
26:23and the arrangement of the plugs.
26:29The Germans suspect that they are being read.
26:31Lieutenant, is it possible to show
26:33Zygalski's coats?
26:35Please.
26:39We are helping ourselves with a manual method
26:41which we have called Zygalski's coats.
26:45These coats allow
26:47obtaining the data
26:49about the correct machine setting
26:51regardless of the number of plugs.
26:53The method is based on the theory of permutation.
26:55The ring
26:57at the top and on the side
26:59is marked with the letters of the alphabet
27:01and cut into small strips
27:03from which a part
27:05of the data is perforated.
27:07Putting the rings on top of each other
27:09and moving them one by one
27:11we get the data
27:13about the key
27:15chosen by the Germans.
27:17This happens only when one hole
27:19illuminates all the rings.
27:21One set of coats
27:23has 26 rings.
27:25We need 60 sets
27:27one for each set of rings.
27:29How did you get
27:31all this information?
27:33That's not all.
27:35I invite you to the next room.
27:37Thank you.
27:39Do you think they understood?
27:41Of course not.
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28:49the invention of the Quark system
28:51by the master Henryk Zygalski.
28:53Please.
28:55This device
28:57is used to automatically
28:59find the key elements.
29:01We called them a cryptological bomb.
29:03Each of these machines
29:05consists of enigmas
29:07The circuit of the enigmas
29:09that you see
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29:13under an electric drive
29:15during a maximum of two hours
29:17with a team of several thousand
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32:39Do you think there will be a war in Gdansk?
32:42It's not just about Gdansk.
32:44Hitler intends to crush Poland,
32:47using his advantage in the air and on land.
32:52We already have confirmation of this intention
32:55after yesterday's conversation of Hitler with professor Burkhardt,
32:58High Commissioner of the League of Nations in Gdansk.
33:02And the French?
33:04And the Poles?
33:06And us?
33:08The French would rather have a pact with Moscow than with Warsaw.
33:12Meanwhile, Marshal Goroszyłow is setting a condition
33:15for the Red Army to cross the Polish territory.
33:17Why isn't Warsaw agreeing?
33:19I feel sorry for the Poles.
33:22Oh, there's a train from Paris.
33:38Welcome, Captain Bertrand.
33:52We owe you a great favor.
33:57But it's got a lot of weight.
34:20Attention!
34:50My soldiers!
34:52We admire the work of the most delicate German minds here.
34:57The encryption center
34:59providing the absolute secret of the connection to our orders.
35:03Hence the Headquarters
35:05over the groups of our Army North Is It
35:07confirmation of the previous orders.
35:10Two million of the best soldiers,
35:13airmen and sailors in the world
35:15will go to war with those
35:17who have stood on our eternal path
35:21and are trying to keep up the call
35:23that God dictates to the German nation.
35:28The Poles couldn't think politically
35:31and appreciate my generosity
35:33when I proposed help to Poland
35:35and showed them the common path with us.
35:39This political mistake of the Poles
35:42also requires a lesson
35:44that will not be spared to them.
35:48The Poles are stupid and naive
35:52accepting some paper guarantees of Paris and London.
35:58The French hid behind their line of Marginot
36:01showing understandable respect for our strength.
36:05The English are weak on land.
36:10The Poles can wait for their warships
36:13until the Judgment Day.
36:15We won't open the way for them
36:17through the German or German canons.
36:21Poland is isolated and lonely.
36:35We've had a key for two hours
36:37which, I hope, will explain everything.
36:39No, no, no, we don't have it yet.
36:42I'll call you as soon as I get the results.
36:45Yes, sir.
37:06Thank you.
37:13Connect with the head of the 2nd Division.
37:16Not now.
37:18Tullinger.
37:20I've already received it.
37:22Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
37:24to the commanders of the North and Süd armies.
37:27Read the front page of the Company on August 31st.
37:31By the will of Adolf Hitler
37:33two million of the best soldiers,
37:36sailors and sailors
37:39are ready to fight
37:41against those
37:43who stand in our way
37:45and try to stop the German nation
37:49from fulfilling the will of God.
37:53Here you are.
37:55And here's a fragment
37:57of Goering's order to Luftwaffe.
38:00Regardless of destroying the targets
38:03kill everything that moves,
38:05what breathes and lives.
38:07This is the Fuhrer's order.
38:09Stop.
38:11I'll send the full text
38:13through the courier
38:15as soon as it's deciphered.
38:17I understand.
38:36Colonel, can we see the families?
38:38Please.
38:47Hi.
38:48Hi.
38:49Are you ready?
38:50Almost.
38:51Where are the kids?
38:52They're feeding the baby.
38:53Jurek is still sleeping.
38:54They came back from vacation yesterday.
38:55Hurry up, the bus is about to leave.
38:57I had to secure the windows.
38:58You could have done it earlier.
38:59No one was at home.
39:00Go wash your hands.
39:05Good morning.
39:26Good morning.
39:27Did something happen?
39:29No, nothing.
39:31Very good job.
39:34Do you think the paper strips will help?
39:37Anyway, we had to do it.
39:40Did you make breakfast?
39:42No, I won't go with you.
39:45Why? We're only going to Pyrrh.
39:50There's no war yet.
39:52What if there is?
40:05Shh.
40:07Nobody's at home.
40:34We're going to Pyrrh.
41:04We're going to Pyrrh.
41:34We're going to Pyrrh.