German code breaking in World War II German code breaking in World War II German code breaking in World War II achieved some notable successes cracking British Naval ciphers until well into the fourth year of the war, but also suffered from a problem typical of the German armed forces of the time: numerous branches and institutions maintained their own cryptographic departments, working on their own without collaboration or sharing results with equivalent units. This led to duplicated effort, to a fragmentation of potential, and to lower efficiency than might have been achieved. There was no central German cryptography agency comparable to the British Bletchley Park facility.
Cracking The Code to be paid compliments for something other than what I did with the Rolling Stones but something just as important." The lyrics on the album were written by Petit except ""Shotgun Venus"", which saw another collaboration between Petit and performance poet Pete Brown, famed for his songwriting with British blues rock pioneers Cream in the 1960s (they previously co-wrote the title track on Petit's album "The Crave"). Commenting on the album's guest appearances, UK music journalist Henry Yates wrote that Petit keeps "hallowed company, but [he] is their equal." Cracking The Code was recorded, mixed, mastered and cut from analogue