Captain Parker of the OSS had been working feverishly on the captured German message for hours. He knew if he couldn’t decode it the entire plans for the cross-channel invasion would fail. Thousands of brave men would be killed and the outcome of the whole war would be in doubt. With the weight of the free world on his shoulders, he once again read the text of the coded message:
EGASS EMDED OCEHT FOTXE TEHTD AERNI AGAEC NOEHS
REDLU OHSSI HNODL ROWEE RFEHT FOTHG IEWEH THTIW
TBUOD NIEBD LUOWR AWELO HWEHT FOEMO CTUOE HTDNA
DELLI KEBDL UOWNE MEVAR BFOSD NASUO HTLIA FDLUO
WNOIS AVNIL ENNAH CSSOR CEHTR OFSNA LPERI TNEEH
TTIED OCEDT NDLUO CEHFI WENKE HSRUO HROFE GASSE
MNAMR EGDER UTPAC EHTNO YLHSI REVEF GNIKR OWNEE
BDAHS SOEHT FOREK RAPNI ATPAC