The Navajo Code Talkers - The Unbreakable Codes That Won World War II #871969

The Unlikely Heroes of World War II

There are thousands of stories of bravery, sacrifice, ingenuity in the annals of World War II. Few stories are more fascinating, more improbable and less well-known than that of the Navajo Code Talkers. 

These shadowy men, drafted out of the Navajo Nation, were critical to the Allied victory, using a secret language that the enemy would never break.

In order to explain why the Code Talkers were so important, we must set the stage. In early 1940s, the Pacific war wasn’t looking good for the Allies.