The Native American Code Japan Could Never Break In WWII – And Why The Men Behind It Were Ordered To Stay Silent
What is important to note about the Iwo Jima campaign, and about the Code Talkers’ role in it, is that accuracy requires restraint.
The Code Talkers were important.
Their communications were a vital part of the operation.
But the battle was won by the full effort of thousands of Marines who fought under terrible conditions against a Japanese force that had fortified the island with extraordinary thoroughness.
No single element of a military operation can be meaningfully isolated as the decisive factor in a sustained campaign of that complexity.
The Code Talkers’ contribution was real and significant.
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