The Code Talkers: American Indians in World War II

by Robert Daily

Describes how Native American soldiers in World War II used their languages as unbreakable codes to transmit information between American units

63 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 1995

Reviews

[Pascale]

I had no idea the Navajos are Na-Dené!!

[Panda]

The Navajo Code talkers were a group of men who spoke a code so complex nobody could understand. In WWI there were Choctaw indians, who were the forerunner to the WWII Navajo Code talkers, who both spoke a code based on their language. The Navajo code men were sent to the pacific to send messages. at first the generals didn't know how to use them and instead sent them on scouting missions. though when one general had a "race" between the Navajos and the old system, which was a machine that coded and sent messages to battalions. when the race happened the Navajos had encoded the message, sent it to three other battalions and received an answer in minutes, and the machine hadn't finished the first step!

[Jared Hemauer]

The code talkers American indians in world war 2 by Robert Daily. This book is a nonfiction. This book was about the American indians and how they made their unbreakable code. The indians made the code so that the japanis wouldn't know there plan of attack. I rated this book four out of five stars because it was interesting but it did not go in depth enough.