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    Navajo Code Talkers

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    instrumental to including: Guadalcanal, Peleliu, and the Saipan. Every campaign which the United States began from 1942 through 1945 implemented the use of the navajo code talkers. Without these key battles the War in the Pacific would undoubtedly have been lost, and therefore would have crippled the Allies fight against the nation of Japan. The training for the Code Talkers was fairly quick, only lasting about eight weeks, after The Commanding General of the United States claimed that the Navajos language would be “admirably suited for rapid, secure communication”. The first 29 Code Talkers were quickly shipped out to the battle of Guadalcanal soon after their…

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    observance of 9/11 was observed on Sunday September 11, 2016. People across the nation observed in their own way, paying respect to all who perished that day. The date that the Navajo Code Talker distinctly remembers is December 7, 1941. The day the Japanese Empire completed a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The USMC recruited the Navajo’s who spoke a language, unwritten and extremely difficult to learn, in 1942. The Navajo Code Talkers, trained in Camp Elliot, California, developed an un…

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    An Uncrackable Code Do you know about the Navajo code talkers? Surprisingly, lots of people still don’t know who they are, but they were some of the most important soldiers who served in World War II. They might even be the reason that the Allied powers won the war! The Navajo Code talkers are a group of about 400 Navajo soldiers who created and used a secret code using the Navajo language, which turned out to be extremely useful. To Japan, the code was undecipherable. With the help of the…

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    The Navajo code talkers are one of the main reasons why the United States conquered Japan and Germany in World War II. During World War II , both Germany and Japan thought they had such unbreakable codes, but infact, these codes were broken and their most vital information was released to the enemy. A variety of techniques were used to meet the goal that the code talkers pursued and overall, code and code breaking during World War II changed the outcome of the war, and helped led the United…

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    Christian Perez Ms. Wojiko Modern European History, Pd. 2 10 May 2017 Navajo Code Talkers in World War II Since conflict was discovered, people have always had the need to be the winner…to be on top. Conflict is a disagreement between to people or groups based on ideologies and or action. In whichever case, there are many factors into a conflict that determine who will win and who will lose. One factor in particular was and is still utilized by every nation. One factor that can and will…

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    Windtalkers is a movie turned novel focused on the Native American code talkers and their treatment during WWII. The story follows Joe Enders and Ben Yahzee of the second recon team in the invasion of Saipan. The story is told chronologically with no major time leaps. Windtalkers has many themes that are common in other war stories such as; war being hell, soldiers being too young, etc.. However, the bread and butter of Windtalkers is the Native American code talkers. The code talkers were…

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    Windtalkers Movie Essay

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    The movie that I chose to analyze is, “Windtalkers”. “Windtalkers” is based upon the Navajo code talkers that helped the U.S during WW2. The Navajo Code talkers were a vital part of the effort in the pacific during WW2, stopping the Japanese from decoding the messages of the United States to its platoons. The Navajo was a secret well kept during the war and help the allies push onward in getting vital parts of the land to ending the war. During the war, enemies desired to decode and intercept…

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    Navajo Code Talkers

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    Who would have known that the language of Native Americans, created hundreds of years before the founding of our nation, would prove to be one of America's greatest secret weapons? The Japanese cracked every code that the Army and Navy came up with, but not the Navajo code. Navajo is a spoken language handed down orally from generation to generation. The Code Talkers created a system of native words to represent characters of the English alphabet so that they could spell out English words that…

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    The Elephant in the Room Navajo code talkers were considered America’s “secret weapon” in World War II. US Marines used the Native American language as a code in order to relay secret messages during wartime. This code was vital to our victory in World War II because the Japanese easily cracked top secret military codes. Just as American soldiers relayed messages in code during wartime, women wrote in “code” in order to portray society's limitations during their time. They addressed these…

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    original Navajo code talkers dies at 93” and “Mavis Batey, who helped break the German Enigma code, dies at 92” is code is very important to the war effort. The two characters played a big role in ending wars and saving lives.Also, the other idea is the different ways code can save lives. Without Mavis and Chester people in the war could have died. These two were very important and did more than they take credit for. However, the way central idea is developed in both articles has its…

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