https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker
A code talker was a person employed by the military during wartime to use a little-known language as a means of secret communication. The term is most often used for United States service members during the World Wars who used their knowledge of Native American languages as a basis to transmit coded messages. In particular, there were approximately 400 to 500 Native Americans in the United States Marine Corps whose primary job was to transmit secret tactical messages. Code talkers transmitted messages over military telephone or radio communications nets using formally or informally developed codes built upon their indigenous languages. The code talkers improved the speed of encryption and decryption of communications in front line operations during World War II and are credited with some decisive victories. Their code was never broken.
That was the basis of the Nic Cage movie Windtalkers
Also The X-Files. The truth is out there, but only in Navajo Edition.
If it exists, there’s a Nic Cage movie about it
Peter Stormare trying to speak with a thick Texas accent is the worst acting I have ever seen. I mean that.
It wasn’t just a little known language; its nature made it uniquely incomprehensible when encoded. The Japanese even had captured Navajo who weren’t code talkers who couldn’t help decode the messages even if they wanted to.
Using Gravity Falls to make fun of Imperial Japan, two of my favorite things at the same time!
Is there a different gravity falls? The one I’m thinking of wasn’t animated.
It’s an animated Disney show from around 2015 or so. Honestly it’s way better than it has any business being and it’s worth watching beginning to end.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Falls
Another animated kids show with similar vibes that’s worth watching is Owl House. Unfortunately Disney did them dirty and Owl House didn’t get as clean of a wrap up like Gravity Falls did but it’s definitely worth a watch too
People who want more Owl House should pop on over to !theowlhouse@lemmy.world where comics drawn by MoringMark are regularly posted. They are very true to form for the show and expands the universe and lore. Generally, what amusing and wholesome things happened after the show ended.
There’s a non-animated version?
I think I was thinking of a show called Wonderfalls.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1865718/ fun show
But under Orange Menace, Navajos that once saved America’s ass are not ‘real’ 'murcans
It’s a white (and orange) man’s country now, I guess.
Fuck.
Real patriots.
With the way native Americans were treated historically, it’s somewhat surprising that none of them defected to the Japanese.
