Code talkers
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Language, Linguistics, Philology
- Subcategories: World War II, Native Americans, American Indians, Communications
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: 1942-1945
Article abstract: Navajo code talkers provided a secure communications system that helped significantly in the United States’ defeat of Japan in World War II.
By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, industrialization had progressed to such a point that every area of American life was impacted. Communications particularly was affected by the invention and widespread adoption of the telephone, telegraph, and radio. When applied to military operations and strategy, the impact of such devices was readily apparent. As military operations reached...
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