Why Is Ultra Wrong

However, Ultra was able to obtain a picture of Rommel’s tank’s strength in Africa. So, this allowed the Allies to learn of the strength and the possibility of fighting the Afrika Korps and if they could defeat them (Murray). Knowing that information gave the Allies the ability to prepare for a battle that could occur between the Afrika Korps and the British. Finally, the attack on Alexandria was a victory for the Allies and for Ultra. The Army commander was using Ultra and was able to find out everything about Rommel’s final attack on Alexandria, Egypt. Even though Rommel’s attack was delayed for a couple of days, it still occurred exactly as Rommel planned. Therefore, the Allies were able to defeat Rommel using all the information gathered …show more content…
However, the information decoded by Ultra predicted incorrectly and the Allies lost the offensive. It is necessary to add that it wasn’t the fault of the Ultra program itself, but in the people using it. The people in charge of using this information became too trusting of the information which Ultra provided, so they were not always fully prepared if Ultra was wrong (Gladwin 215).
Battles in South America The use of Ultra in the battles that occurred in South America provided a positive impact. Due to the United States being apart of the Ultra program, the Federal Bureau of Investigations was able to help the Allies. The FBI could control the double agents stationed in South America, thus these double agents were able to provide them with the information to crack the German intelligence and the Enigma code. Also, Ultra was able to find Nazi radio stations, in Argentina. The United States and Britain were able to learn of the political and intellectual activity of Johannes Becker, through the use of Ultra. So, throughout the war, they were able to both disrupt his work, and later, shut him down completely, thus giving Ultra a victory (“A Byte Out of …show more content…
This was proven in the major battles of the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, North Africa Campaign, Invasion of Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, Battles in South America, and the Balkan Campaign. In addition to the Ultra program, Germany’s own problems and outside factors affected the outcomes of many of these battles. In addition, there were certain themes that resonated throughout the different battles when there was use of the Ultra programming. Such as, in many of the battles the information that was provided by Ultra was either not used, not used to its full extent, or seen as interesting information, but not needed in the battle. Also, there were battles where the nations relied too heavily on the information provided by Ultra, which turned out to be wrong due to the Axis powers changing their plans or errors in the decoding of