Tag: WWII Code Breakers
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Navajo Language Was Used to Code U.S. Messages in WWII
During World War II, the U.S. military employed an unbreakable code based on Native American languages to send secret communications on the battlefield. The most famous of these were the Navajo code talkers, but at least 14 other Native nations served in this capacity in both the Pacific and European theaters. The concept of using…