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Podcast: We Are History
Episode: Navajo Code Talkers – America's secret WWII weapon
Description: Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell present the not-so-serious podcast unravelling fascinating and down-right bizarre historical events.This week; our history enthusiasts discuss how the US military used an indigenous American language to outfox the Nazis. By taking a gamble that there weren’t many natural Navajo speakers in Berlin, the Americans kept their secret messages unbreakable by the enemy.Get all episodes a week early – when you support We Are History on Patreon: https://patreon.com/WeAreHistory
“You couldn’t choose just any language for coded messages; for instan...