Mavis Batey was an enigma decoder during WWll. The reason why I think the central idea in “Mavis Batey, who helped break the German Enigma code, dies at 92” is that code is very important to the war effort is because of how Mavis saved lives by decoding plans of attack. Unlike the Navajo coders Mavis decoded enigma. The article states, The Italian navy had transmitted a message that said, “Today’s the day minus three,” signaling a major attack in three days.” This develops the central idea by showing that without Mavis decoding the enigma many lives …show more content…
The code was important because it was complicated to decode. The fact that the code was so hard to decode made it harder for enemies to find their plan of action. The code was important to the war effort because It saved lives. If a simpler code was used their location could be discovered more easily. Therefore, opposite forces could kill more of the people. I know this because the passage states, “But our code was the only code in modern warfare that was never broken. The Japanese tried, but they couldn’t decipher it.” In the passage it states “The code talkers were so vital to the war effort that they were not permitted leaves.” This adds to the central idea because this proves how the code saved lives and code talkers were important to the war