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I watched some documentary where the US were monitoring enemy communications but didn't know what a specific code word was referring to. If I recall correctly,
by stevezsa8 3y ago
I watched some documentary where the US were monitoring enemy communications but didn't know what a specific code word was referring to. If I recall correctly, the US staged a fake transmission that one of their islands had some issue or other... and suddenly they picked up enemy broadcast with the code word in question. So then the US knew what the code word referred to.
- Y_Y 3y agoAF meant Midway https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/nmas/education/Codes%20and%20Ciphers%20Activity.pdf https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/nmas/educat... It's very easy to look these things up.
- wkat4242 3y agoAs the other poster said, midway. Wasn't it that movie that just came out, by any chance? Because this featured in there as a plot point too.
- stevezsa8 3y agoIt was a Netflix WW2 documentary. Most likely "WWII in Color: Road to Victory". We switched to Disney+ at the start of the year, otherwise I'd have been able to confirm the show.