cryptography

Contains a history of the Navajo code talkers, Native Americans who devised codes using their native languages that were used by the United States military in World War II and never broken.

His name wasn't Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But discrimination didn't stop Chester from answering the call to defend his country after Pearl Harbor, for the Navajo have always been warriors, and his upbringing on a New Mexico reservation gave him the strength--both physical and mental--to excel as a Marine. During World War II, the Japanese had managed to crack every code the United States used. But when the Marines turned to its Navajo recruits to develop and implement a secret military language, they created the only unbroken code in modern warfare--and helped assure victory for the United States over Japan in the South Pacific.

"During World War II, the Japanese military cracked the codes used by the American Army and Navy, but never the Marines. What made the Marines' code different? They used Navajo Code Talkers, specially recruited American Indian soldiers who used their language to send and receive top-secret messages. Infographics, sidebars, and fact boxes bring the experiences of these brave military men to life"--Provided by the publisher.

Discusses the secret code developed by Native Americans based on the Navajo language, and the Navajo soldiers who contributed to the war effort through its use.

Text and photographic essays tell of espionage in World War II.

Presents oral history interviews with twenty different Navajo who served as code talkers during World War II, discussing their lives before, during, and after the war, as well as the meaning their war experiences had on themselves and on the following generations of Navajo.

This account of the Allied efforts to decode Axis messages--and keep the success of their efforts secret--describes the men and women behind the scenes, as well as the institutions they served, and the early computers devised for the purpose.

Explains what wartime codes were, how Allied codebreakers decoded them, and how primary and other sources provide this information.

Contains a history of the Navajo code talkers, Native Americans who devised codes using their native langauges that were used by the United States military in World War II and never broken.