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Their language (Navajo's) was very hard to understand and it was just as hard to learn. It made it very easy for the Navajo to send secret messages in aide to the Americans.

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Name of Navajo speakers in world war 2?

code talkers


Who were the first Code Talkers?

The code-talkers of World War II mostly refer to the Native Americans who used parts of their indigenous languages to translate secret tactical messages into code, then decipher the code back into the message. They were used in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and, to a lesser extent, in the European Theater. The most decorated Native American code-talkers were Navajo, but Native Americans of the Comanche and Meskwaki people also served as code-talkers during the war.


Which part of World War 2 did the Navajo code talkers become beneficial to?

The Navajo Code Talkers took part in, and contributed to the success of, the island campaigns in the south and central Pacific between the US and Japan.


What are Navajo codes?

The Navajo Code Talkers were people who used a spoken code in the Navajo language to communicate between US units on the battlefield in the Pacific Theater of War during World War 2.


How many Navajo code talkers were eventually used in World War 2?

400-500


What native American tribe assisted the us in world war 2?

Navajo as code talkers


Why were the Navajo code talkers so effective in World War 2?

Navajo is a very difficult language and impossible for the Japanese to decipher


What has the author S McClain written?

S. McClain has written: 'Search for the Navajo code talkers' -- subject(s): Armed Forces, Cryptography, Navajo language, Navajo code talkers, Indian Participation, World War, 1939-1945, History, Indian troops


Which Indian tribes language was used as code in war?

When you think of code talkers you think of the Navajo during WWII. However, less famous, but equally important were the Commanche and Choctaw code talkers


What Native American tribes were used by the US military as code talkers in World War 2?

The Navajo.


What effect did world war 2 have on code talkers?

A lot of code talkers were killed off because when the Japanese saw them in the planes, they would kill the code talkers right away because the code talkers were the main source of communication.


How many Navajo code talkers were captured in World War 2?

No code talkers were captured. There was a Navajo man who was captured by the Japanese in the Bataan Death March group. They interrogated him. He could not give them the code because he had not been trained in the code. He may have been able to figure it out if they Japanese had not tortured him.