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While the Allies gained the upper hand through mathematical ingenuity, the German high command remained convinced that Enigma was unbreakable. They believed their engineering, procedures, and disciplined training provided the ultimate security shield, leading to a dangerous overconfidence.
This blind faith was reinforced by the fact that, despite occasional failures, most German operatives and commanders dismissed the possibility that Enigma had been compromised. They attributed losses and missed operations to other factors—spies, radar, or chance—never considering that their encryption had been broken all along.