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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.