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.
It Was the War of the Trenches in "RAW" and "Drawn and Quarterly" in the 1990s. In 2010 it was translated in English as "It Was the War of the Trenches" and published by Fantagraphics. It won two Eisner Awards for "Best Reality-Based Work" and "Best U.S. Edition of International Material". Tardi published another two-volume graphic novel about World War I named "Putain de Guerre" (2008, translated as "Fuck this War!"). It Was the War of the Trenches It Was the War of the Trenches (original title: "C'était la guerre des tranchées") is a 1993 graphic novel by Jacques Tardi about World War I. It is acclaimed