I don't have a grandfather who was a Code Talker. But I'm still honored to be Navajo and serving as a Marine. They were one of the reasons why I became a Marine.
@@money_fight_339Exactly! Which is why the Navajo Code Talkers were used in the Pacific Theater. They were indeed the Perfect Tool to use against the Japanese. They were as I said, brave and courageous and they also saved quite a few American lives!!
The Navajo are one of the most badass parts of the US war effort in the second world war. A nation that rolled over them just years prior, they still felt the call to defend their homeland, and the new country they lived under even though it treated them poorly. They used their language, their heritage to near-single handedly save the pacific war effort. I'm not proud of my government at the best of times, but I'm proud of the idea of America, and these men are the epitome of what America stands for.
@@davidwillard7334 Listen here old man. You are among the many peoples why the US is such a mess right now. You divided people just because of their view. You can't accept their differences just because of their view, skin color, etc which is contradictionary to the fundamental, values and idea of the United States of America.
Whoever came up with the idea to use an unwritten language only known in the US was absolutely brilliant. I have so much respect for the Navajo code talkers, it absolutely kills me inside knowing that they never really got the paise they deserved until 1995 when so many had probably already died just to keep the code an unbreakable secret 😭
@@scottharman3331 Exploiting sounds negative though. If you see how many codes there were in WW2 because how many got broken by the Japanese and the Germans, you'd want to use the native language aswell
Huh? Of course they got recognition? And way before 1995. What makes you post such a false comment? And btw there were dozens of Native American tribes that were code-talkers, not only the Navajo(most numerous and most famous though).
@@scottharman3331that’s not exploiting that’s called using one of your advantages but if you want to call it exploiting it still saved thousands of lives and possibly ended the war sooner so I’ll take it either way.
Proud to be navajo. My Cheii served in the World war as a Code talker. Loved and respect him. This movie remind me of him of the very lil stories he told me as a kid.
I'm also navajo too! I miss my cheii tho. He didn't serve in the military at all but he did go to a boarding school. The stories about the boarding school were scary and I feel sad about why they did it and why he had to go through that. I miss my cheii too he passed though. I just pray every now and then to him and talk to him too.
The Navajo language was utilized to create the code because there was NO Navajo written language. After the war the code talkers were forbidden to tell anyone what they had done should the code need to be reintroduced. Many of these returned heroes died as UNSUNG heroes after returning home from World War II. They were not freed from their promise of silence until approximately 1995. Today, the Navajo WRITTEN language developed for the "Wind CodeTalkers" is being taught to Russian Eskimo tribesmen because of their language simularities.
@@saber2802 That comment can't be true. Navajo was at that time an unwritten language, there was no way to learn it unless you actually lived among Navajo. So claiming the German Reich started learning in WW2 (or before) makes no sense at all. There was NOTHING to learn from. So don't make up stuff. Why do you think the US used Navajo? It's exactly for that reason, because it was unwritten, not just because it was a native language. The US used native languages in the past, even in WW1 they used choctaw. They were looking for alternatives because the other native languages weren't secure enough anymore. Navajo was ideal because it was unwritten yet you come here claiming that somehow the germans were learning it? Nice try.
@@flybeep1661 even if it was unwritten there were Germans interested in native American languages before the second world War. (One of Hitlers plans to keep the Americans out was to stir up the natives) if you have a few similar words breaking the codes can be done it was the same system that sped up the inigma cracking. If you had a prof. That studied native language you may not get the whole code immediately but you have a basis for breaking it.
I’ll never forget watching this with my dad as a kid, he loved it cause he grew up around army (his dad was a master sergeant) I love all these kinds of movies !
0:40 Navajo code was never broken by Japanese intelligence in WW2 ! For the Japanese it sounded like Americans were talking underwater. The code was protected at all costs! "War is a mind against mind game." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War. In Sun Tzu's mind, victory comes from deep thinking, from detailed calculation , from long preparation.
Watching this film inspired me to become an Army Tactical Linguist - an inspiration! The bit where the battleship turrets take up the angle had me foaming at the mouth in the movie theatre!!
The amount of strength in our ancestors hearts to become such great warriors, just after having their homeland stripped, discriminated, half our race being wiped out. Just to turn around and help defend it for the very same people who mistreated us. That’s why I’m proud to be Indigenous, and makes me strive to be just like our ancestors.
That's why the navajos are one of my favourite or if not the most favourite code talkers. They helped win the war. And I think until today, its still unbreakable. The US military should maintain this navajo language as well as other native languages and dialects to be part of its encrypted communication code.
@@youtubewatcher4603 Yeah, but what are the chances the Russian , Chinese or any other average codebreaker knows Navajo, Sioux or other dialects like that.
@@zachkoptun9637 It's easier, nowadays, to encrypt the communication versus talking in code. If Navajo were used to communicate important information with any frequency, adversaries would devote considerable resources and break the code.
I have a little of translation if you want Yahzee : Arizona,Arizona, Turkey, Echo,Fire mission,east,large yield,long distance. Whitehorse : Requesting Fire support,turkey,red ant,kid(Baby goat),rock,turkey,rock,dog..
FMF Corpsman here. I suppose it's a tradition in many families, because Native Americans are still over represented in the Marine Corps. We had three just in my platoon (Apache and Navajo). I'm Jewish. I use to talk about the cultural overlap with my Apache friend while we were in the field. Good times. Glad to have these warriors on our side.
Im amazed at what a brilliant strategy the windtalkers were. I expected nothing less from the marines but god damn was this their most brilliant moment.
@james cowboy yeah..... unless they got captured and they have no choice but to kill them like what Nicholas Cage did in one of the scenes of this movie.
Jesus, just listening to the Navajo Code Talkers depicted in this Movie, sends chills down my spine, and tears in my eyes. Mi luv yu Navajo pepl tu mi aat an swol!!
Even tho Im not navajo (Im apache but same area kinda) I can't help but feel pride from knowing the language a lot of the US TRIED to make us forget helped them in the war effort.
You should Also feel pride because there were men from many tribes that volunteered for service in World War 2. Pima, Navajo,Cherokee, and Yes Apache. All volunteers and all worthy of the honors bestowed upon them. A great credit to their tribes one and all. Never forget all the warriors who came before and the ones serving today. They are still a credit. Also what gets forgotten is, the Navajo language wasn't the first code language used by the military. The Cherokees did the same in WW1,the difference is, there is no direct translation for Navajo. The Cherokee language (as i am given to understand).is an Algonquian language. Which had been translated long before. If you are truly Apache, find the members of your own tribe who either have served or are serving and pay the respect due to the great warriors that they are. Ira Hayes was a member of the Pima Tribe who was in the Joe Rosenthal photo of the second Iwo Jima flag raising. He fought there with great distinction. Sadly he met a bad end but a hero just the same.
I'm not navajo I'm african american but dam navajo ppl are Dam Pro and lit they have their own language and help us win world war 2 if ur a Navajo reading this Dam ur people have skill
We forget this country was built in the soul and hard labor of those brave men of indigenous, black and other oppressed races who still rose to the occasion in service of this great nation. Thank you, Navajo people. Good people. I love the Navajo. ❤
For those who no little to nothing but are curious about this/these language(s) is there a big difference in words and/ or accentwise? Could you explain it a bit? Or make comparisons possibly?
Good job Navajo talkers! You deserve the respect for your great efforts! Btw, I found that they did their best to describe the words even though those words didn’t exist in their mother tongue vocabulary, such as ‘iron fish’ for submarine.
I played "Japanese Radio Operator", this scene was in the trailer too, when I showed my mom the trailer when it first came out, first thing she said "No Japanese solider was that fat during the war".
For me being a native South American Brazilian raised in the United States for 29 years, when I first discovered the Navajo code talkers I cannot believe that I was seeing people who look very similar to myself and I also could have believed that they were involved in a subject that I was starting to have a passion for at that time. Then one side discovered them I did a report on them and I even read off the Navajo dictionary and brought in walkie-talkies so that way my class had one and I had the other then while I was outside the classroom I would be relaying the Navajo messages to them so what I'm trying to say is the Navajo code talkers inspired me to have a love and a passion for the United States Marine Corps plus I'm honored to have been born on the Marine Corps birthday
It wasn't just the Navajo language, it was a code within the language. Described in the book as "Crazy Navajo", words and phrases that didn't actually make sense to any who spoke the language alone.
I’m born and raised in Saipan. I can tell u that even back in the day there were no Japanese people in the villages the only Japanese that was ever there were the Japanese soldiers but the people of Saipan were not. We are Pacific Islanders
Heard they never broke the navajo code....that's krazy because that would mean no navajo p.o.w ever gave in to enemy hands and protected the code. They didn't rat on there people 💯
None of the Navajo code talkers were ever taken prisoner. They even had personal bodyguards whose primary duty was to protect them from other American soldiers but had a secret secondary duty of killing them if there was a risk of being captured but luckily none of them had to resort to this.
Navajo is the only language that can't be cracked and is impossible to speak because it was not translated until the end of the 90s. You have to be Navajo or be a half Navajo to speak it and we don't give out our language to anyone unless they know how to speak it.
To the Navajo Codetalkers. May you rest in peace and take the code with you. You saved many lives with your words surrounded by your culture. If it weren’t for you. The war in the pacific would have been more bloodier
In 2005 Navajo high school students were invited to Russia where they met with Russian Eskimo natives. A Russian translator was provided for the American Navajo students. Shortly after meeting the American Navajo teacher told the Russian translator that his services or translations were NOT needed. The Navajo students and the Russian Eskimos were able to communicate. Yes, there were words that did NOT translate, but overall communication of the ideas did occur without utilizing the translator. Because a written language was created for use of the "WindTalkers" there is now a written language that is being taught in Russia to these Russian Eskimo natives. This also proved that Russian Eskimos emigrated from their country into the U. S. region namely southern Utah & northern Arizona. It is a small world.
@@David-ys4ud Yes, it has, but NOT to the point that the two cultures cannot communicate with one another. Occasionally, they have to ask one another what a specific word or phrase meaning. This comes from the students and teachers at the Monument Valley High School. Tour bus visit the high school as a stop to learn of Navajo culture.
There was actually a Navajo that was captured by the Japanese and upon finding out that he was Navajo they sent for him and wanted him to tell them what was being said in Navajo. Yes he was a Navajo but a code talker???? No he listened in on the radio transmissions and told the Japanese he didn't know what the code that was being relayed was and the Japanese got so mad that they tortured him even worse and he was also part and survived the Bataan death march and even survived to the Japanese surrender and made it home. He said even if he could of figured the code out he wasn't going to tell the Japanese what they wanted to hear
God bless the Navajo Code Talkers they are true American Heroes America the land of Immigrants proudly worked together to defeat the Japanese, and All of the Axis powers. The code talkers must never be forgotten . The wee part of our greatest generation.
My great grandfather served from 1940 through 1945, before he came home. I still have his MkIII* Lee-Enfield, which appears to have been a grenade rifle. He passed in 1975, leaving the rifle with my dad, until he gave it to me when I was 17 (3 years ago)
On 22 August 1942, the United States Army Corps Head Quarters and the Canadian Military Head Quarters (CMHQ) began recruiting Cree speakers, already stationed in England, to use the Cree language to disguise Allied communications. According to Charles Tomkins, a former Cree code talker, the Cree were not the only Indigenous people recruited for this mission. Tomkins recollected seeing an estimated 100 Indigenous soldiers assembled by the CMHQ in London, from which Cree, Ojibwe and others were chosen. While there is no definitive reason as to why Cree speakers were chosen over others, there are a few likely reasons. First, there were large numbers of Cree speakers to draw upon, and their language would have been unintelligible to the Germans. Second, many Navajo code talkers in the American military were serving in the Pacific theatre of war. This may have left a void for speakers of other Indigenous languages to fill in the European theatre of war. The fact that many Cree soldiers were fluent in other languages such as English and French also seems to have been an advantage. As my Grandfather was one of the Metis people On Normandy / Juno beach He infact spoke Cree/French/English And broken German Today there are less than 5,000 Moose Cree members that can speak the dying language fully It is said at this rate Another 50 - 100 year it will be lost
I've realized in the film the code talkers learning how to use the code and what words to use for certain units had a hard time identifying which Navajo word to use for certain units. So even if the Japanese captured any Navajo code talkers and attempted to learn the code. The difficulty in explaining it would have been infuriating for the Japanese.
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I don't have a grandfather who was a Code Talker. But I'm still honored to be Navajo and serving as a Marine. They were one of the reasons why I became a Marine.
Semper Fi brother
Hoorah
S/F
You're a fool. You joined the same military that massacred your people
@@jamesli2441 your fool a for being stuck in the past
I have a ton of respect for the Navajo code talkers they help win the war in a major way
The Navajo language was the only code that the Japanese couldn't break. Those code talkers were amazing and courageous!
God Bless them all!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸💗
What about other tribes that could've?
The Japanese knew every native American language but they couldn't understand the Navajo tongue and it became the perfect weapon
@@money_fight_339Exactly!
Which is why the Navajo Code Talkers were used in the Pacific Theater.
They were indeed the Perfect Tool to use against the Japanese.
They were as I said, brave and courageous and they also saved quite a few American lives!!
@@aaronh257Something wrong with your keyboard?
The Navajo are one of the most badass parts of the US war effort in the second world war. A nation that rolled over them just years prior, they still felt the call to defend their homeland, and the new country they lived under even though it treated them poorly. They used their language, their heritage to near-single handedly save the pacific war effort. I'm not proud of my government at the best of times, but I'm proud of the idea of America, and these men are the epitome of what America stands for.
Republic ! ? Or ! Democrat !?
@@davidwillard7334 What does that have to do with anything?
@@vodka4215 People ! Divided !!
@@davidwillard7334 Listen here old man. You are among the many peoples why the US is such a mess right now. You divided people just because of their view. You can't accept their differences just because of their view, skin color, etc which is contradictionary to the fundamental, values and idea of the United States of America.
@@vodka4215 AMERICA ! WAS ! ALWAYS !! A !! COMPLETE !! TOTAL ! AND ! UTTER !! MESS !! O.K !! YOUNG !! MAN !!
Whoever came up with the idea to use an unwritten language only known in the US was absolutely brilliant. I have so much respect for the Navajo code talkers, it absolutely kills me inside knowing that they never really got the paise they deserved until 1995 when so many had probably already died just to keep the code an unbreakable secret 😭
That's called exploiting
@@scottharman3331 Exploiting sounds negative though. If you see how many codes there were in WW2 because how many got broken by the Japanese and the Germans, you'd want to use the native language aswell
Huh? Of course they got recognition? And way before 1995. What makes you post such a false comment?
And btw there were dozens of Native American tribes that were code-talkers, not only the Navajo(most numerous and most famous though).
@@scottharman3331that’s not exploiting that’s called using one of your advantages but if you want to call it exploiting it still saved thousands of lives and possibly ended the war sooner so I’ll take it either way.
Jim Eagle
Proud to be navajo. My Cheii served in the World war as a Code talker. Loved and respect him. This movie remind me of him of the very lil stories he told me as a kid.
I'm also navajo too! I miss my cheii tho. He didn't serve in the military at all but he did go to a boarding school. The stories about the boarding school were scary and I feel sad about why they did it and why he had to go through that. I miss my cheii too he passed though. I just pray every now and then to him and talk to him too.
if this movie was more about Navajo soldiers and less about Nicholas Cage this would have been alot better.
TRUE, but it was NOT sold to the movie's investors as a DOCUMENTARY.
And the fact that some Chinese who were immigrants to the US mixed with the natives here. Like long lost relatives.
Movie was history for Navajo ppl. Ever than you imagine.
@@i_hate_rock_and_metal Says you. If you ever heard of the Dine' Creation.
SKINWALKER , I never heard of that! I'm not 'Murican, to know the ancient histories of Navajo! (SORRY WORST INGGRISHU GRAMMAR)
The Navajos are lit. They helped us in a huge way to win the the war.
And what did the US did in return
No
Yessir 🤘
Japanese couldn't understand it because there was no English in Navajo language.
@ aaa\
I'm thankful for my grandfathers in the pacific.
my grand father our veteran usa
In pacific france italy...everywhere
Which branch(es)?
I still have my grandfather's coat from that period he was a code talker and I'm very proud granted I do have Japanese friends as well and I love them
props to your grand-dad!
Malcolm Smith aka Average Joe I hope the Navajo language and traditions live on.
The Okinawans Were on the Americans side they weren't too happy with a Japanese Occupation that treated them like pack mules and sub humans.
Respect!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Bruh the war has been over for a minute it’s fine 😂
The Navajo language was utilized to create the code because there was NO Navajo written language. After the war the code talkers were forbidden to tell anyone what they had done should the code need to be reintroduced. Many of these returned heroes died as UNSUNG heroes after returning home from World War II. They were not freed from their promise of silence until approximately 1995. Today, the Navajo WRITTEN language developed for the "Wind CodeTalkers" is being taught to Russian Eskimo tribesmen because of their language simularities.
The German Reich actually started learning Navajo at one point. So they used Cherokee code talkers instead.
@Rick O'Shay It isn't it's an Athabascan language that is related to the Apache languages
@Rick O'Shay Probably forgot a period.
It isn't. it's a language related to the Apache called Southern Athabascan
@@saber2802 That comment can't be true. Navajo was at that time an unwritten language, there was no way to learn it unless you actually lived among Navajo. So claiming the German Reich started learning in WW2 (or before) makes no sense at all. There was NOTHING to learn from. So don't make up stuff. Why do you think the US used Navajo? It's exactly for that reason, because it was unwritten, not just because it was a native language. The US used native languages in the past, even in WW1 they used choctaw. They were looking for alternatives because the other native languages weren't secure enough anymore. Navajo was ideal because it was unwritten yet you come here claiming that somehow the germans were learning it? Nice try.
@@flybeep1661 even if it was unwritten there were Germans interested in native American languages before the second world War. (One of Hitlers plans to keep the Americans out was to stir up the natives) if you have a few similar words breaking the codes can be done it was the same system that sped up the inigma cracking. If you had a prof. That studied native language you may not get the whole code immediately but you have a basis for breaking it.
I’ll never forget watching this with my dad as a kid, he loved it cause he grew up around army (his dad was a master sergeant) I love all these kinds of movies !
But this movie is about Marines, not Army
tacticalcracker you must be 7 or 8, it was made 6 years ago
I can see Star Trek nerds being drafted to send code speaking Klingon.
Shhhhhhh! Don't give them any ideas!
Ken Hawk foreign people know it as well.
Nah, Bing-Translate has a Klingon option - "qul 'angbogh Da" means "fire for effect"
Plot twist, there are some isis Star Trek fans too
No need for radio frequency communications anymore.
Starting with Vietnam, the U.S. Armed Forces adopted the use of computers for communication.
0:40 Navajo code was never broken by Japanese intelligence in WW2 ! For the Japanese it sounded like Americans were talking underwater. The code was protected at all costs!
"War is a mind against mind game." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War. In Sun Tzu's mind, victory comes from deep thinking, from detailed calculation , from long preparation.
World war 2 was . A war of intelligence and oil (race for resources) . Ww1 wasn't
Goosebumps at 0:55
Ferruccio Guicciardi I say shoot them in the mind game... game over
Realmente foi uma grande ideia dos americanos.
供热俄听夫人欧盟将啊盘
Watching this film inspired me to become an Army Tactical Linguist - an inspiration! The bit where the battleship turrets take up the angle had me foaming at the mouth in the movie theatre!!
Navajo and the Navajo code talkers have definitely earned my utmost respect. It’s sad that Native Americans have been treated the way they where.
The amount of strength in our ancestors hearts to become such great warriors, just after having their homeland stripped, discriminated, half our race being wiped out. Just to turn around and help defend it for the very same people who mistreated us. That’s why I’m proud to be Indigenous, and makes me strive to be just like our ancestors.
My grandfather was a code talker and I show pride of my heritage and I’m proud to be a sailor HOOYAH
You're Grandfather was a hero
Your Grandfather is an true American Hero in my opinion!! 🇺🇸💗🇺🇸💗
God Bless your Grandfather and all of the Navajo Code Talkers!! 💗💗🇺🇸🇺🇸
I am learning Navajo on Duolingo. It is very different. It is an endangered language. I am doing my part to save it.
Us soldier: *speak Navajo code*
Japanese soldier and officer: *confused in Japanese*
FIDELGAMER4 ROBLOX_YT_ACC Marines
Steven K a marine is a soldier you nut size brain
NANI
@@bagelsecelle9308 don't call marines soldiers we don't like it
@@edtejada75 u is brainwashed
Hail our Navajo brothers! Thank you for your service! Semper Fidelis!
That's why the navajos are one of my favourite or if not the most favourite code talkers. They helped win the war. And I think until today, its still unbreakable. The US military should maintain this navajo language as well as other native languages and dialects to be part of its encrypted communication code.
The code is no longer classified. There are articles describing how it worked.
@@youtubewatcher4603 Yeah, but what are the chances the Russian , Chinese or any other average codebreaker knows Navajo, Sioux or other dialects like that.
@@zachkoptun9637 these days, they could probably figure it out with all the info that’s readily available online
@@zachkoptun9637 It's easier, nowadays, to encrypt the communication versus talking in code. If Navajo were used to communicate important information with any frequency, adversaries would devote considerable resources and break the code.
Sad how you white Americans brutally committed genocide against them and encroach on what little they have today to build golf courses and casinos
I have a little of translation if you want
Yahzee : Arizona,Arizona, Turkey, Echo,Fire mission,east,large yield,long distance.
Whitehorse : Requesting Fire support,turkey,red ant,kid(Baby goat),rock,turkey,rock,dog..
K
Wow it doesn't make any sense, it really is a code.
Well even though its just precaution, they make it unpredictable so even the enemies know the code they doesn't know how to break it
@@jamesputra1729 yes, Is a code inside a code.
Youser ! Youser ! Youser ! What Code ! Is That !! ???
I love and admire this generation so much, they took care of business... The idea of using the native Americans is simply brilliant.
White supremacists loved it too
Wish we could take care of business now too like they did back then. Too many wanna bees that ain't worth the dirt on their own shoes!
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
They are my heroes even though I am a Crow Indian but I still am a marine and look up to them
Thank you too for your service all around sir!
Much respect to all my indigenous warriors! ✊💯
Thank you Navajo code talkers for our freedom.
Our code still remains unbroken the enemy can't break our code. United States Marine Corps
My great great grandpa was a code talker. These guys were amazing.
This seems like an incredible story that deserved a far better film.
FMF Corpsman here. I suppose it's a tradition in many families, because Native Americans are still over represented in the Marine Corps. We had three just in my platoon (Apache and Navajo).
I'm Jewish. I use to talk about the cultural overlap with my Apache friend while we were in the field. Good times. Glad to have these warriors on our side.
I'm proud to be navajo
Yaateeh my friend so am I thats why the Code Talkers are my heroes.
All Code Talkers are Heros - God bless the Navajos
Im amazed at what a brilliant strategy the windtalkers were. I expected nothing less from the marines but god damn was this their most brilliant moment.
Many American lives were saved because of the NATIVE AMERICANS and the NAVAJO language. Thank you for your service.
Genius idea for communications...
oh god the subtitles are hilarious XD
hahahha
Mga Bobo! Miss sa 200 daw
Even the whites who directed the video don't even know Navajo
1:20 ALLAHU AKBAR WTF THIS IS NOT MIDDLE EAST 😂
They deleted it :(
Navajo code talkers: you guys see that mountain shooting at us?
California: yea we see it
Navajo: I dont
Thank you Navajo Nation
Awesome movie! I can watch it over and over
Bruh 😂 who hacked the captions, literally the funniest shit ever
Ricky Bobby Gaming yes very strange. It even goes into filipino towards the end.
lmao ikr
im sad i dont see it anymore :(
ikr
A Canadian here, during the Second World War the Canadian Armed Forces utilized Indigenous soldiers, who spoke Cree for the same purpose.
BTW Adam Beach the major Indigenous character in the film is from my hometown; Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦
I’m Cherokee Indian on my dad side of family and my mom side of family so I love hearing there language
the code talker must be safe at the same time that protected at all cost
Remelyn Mangaring but if they are compromised his guard has to shoot him.
You mission is to protect the code.
@james cowboy yeah..... unless they got captured and they have no choice but to kill them like what Nicholas Cage did in one of the scenes of this movie.
@sweetbalshutup ya Philippinols4742
Jesus, just listening to the Navajo Code Talkers depicted in this Movie, sends chills down my spine, and tears in my eyes. Mi luv yu Navajo pepl tu mi aat an swol!!
Even tho Im not navajo (Im apache but same area kinda) I can't help but feel pride from knowing the language a lot of the US TRIED to make us forget helped them in the war effort.
You should Also feel pride because there were men from many tribes that volunteered for service in World War 2. Pima, Navajo,Cherokee, and Yes Apache. All volunteers and all worthy of the honors bestowed upon them. A great credit to their tribes one and all. Never forget all the warriors who came before and the ones serving today. They are still a credit. Also what gets forgotten is, the Navajo language wasn't the first code language used by the military. The Cherokees did the same in WW1,the difference is, there is no direct translation for Navajo. The Cherokee language (as i am given to understand).is an Algonquian language. Which had been translated long before. If you are truly Apache, find the members of your own tribe who either have served or are serving and pay the respect due to the great warriors that they are. Ira Hayes was a member of the Pima Tribe who was in the Joe Rosenthal photo of the second Iwo Jima flag raising. He fought there with great distinction. Sadly he met a bad end but a hero just the same.
I'm not navajo I'm african american but dam navajo ppl are Dam Pro and lit they have their own language and help us win world war 2 if ur a Navajo reading this
Dam ur people have skill
One of the most underrated movies of all time
One of the worst movies of all time.
@@Theakker3B Nah! Not worst
@@PrimalElf Yes, one of the worst. A bombastic, predictable, melodramatic, poorly written, over-the-top action extravaganza. It's stupid as hell.
You stupid@@Theakker3B
We forget this country was built in the soul and hard labor of those brave men of indigenous, black and other oppressed races who still rose to the occasion in service of this great nation. Thank you, Navajo people. Good people. I love the Navajo. ❤
Adam Beach's Navajo is so unauthentic. They should've atleast got a fluent Diné speaker to play his role.
Wayde Harvey no doubt. I’m cree and this one movie he played in had him talking cree and it was the funniest thing ever.
@@RezMusic2oh4 he's ojibwe isn't he?
@@audiosreality He's Saulteaux specifically, but yeah.
For those who no little to nothing but are curious about this/these language(s) is there a big difference in words and/ or accentwise? Could you explain it a bit? Or make comparisons possibly?
Djoke Altena |
Navajo is in the top 5 difficult languages to learn.
Never even heard of this movie but love that they used archive footage of Iowas for some of the naval gun fire.
even though I am Apache I still honor the Navajo Code Talkers
Good job Navajo talkers!
You deserve the respect for your great efforts!
Btw, I found that they did their best to describe the words even though those words didn’t exist in their mother tongue vocabulary, such as ‘iron fish’ for submarine.
This is one movie I do recall viewing in the cinema. Shocking how long ago that was.
My grandfather was a code talker
I played "Japanese Radio Operator", this scene was in the trailer too, when I showed my mom the trailer when it first came out, first thing she said "No Japanese solider was that fat during the war".
My great grandpa was a Navajo code talker I'm navajo and all I hear is a bunch of Navajo words 😂😂😂
you know, Holywood :-D but somehow it is a nice tribute to People of Navajo. Greetings from Slovakia.
What the hell is up with the subtitles? Lul
Lilly69s they're hacked 😂😂😂
I died reading them lol
US troops going "BANZAI !" was the best for me.
Some of them was edited by my fellow Filipino compatriots hahahaha!
@@sweetballs4742 hahahah hindi ah
For me being a native South American Brazilian raised in the United States for 29 years, when I first discovered the Navajo code talkers I cannot believe that I was seeing people who look very similar to myself and I also could have believed that they were involved in a subject that I was starting to have a passion for at that time. Then one side discovered them I did a report on them and I even read off the Navajo dictionary and brought in walkie-talkies so that way my class had one and I had the other then while I was outside the classroom I would be relaying the Navajo messages to them so what I'm trying to say is the Navajo code talkers inspired me to have a love and a passion for the United States Marine Corps plus I'm honored to have been born on the Marine Corps birthday
The man receiving the coordinates is my art teacher, Mr. Roger Willie
He was the dialect coach and he did so well they put him in the movie.
I just like the way that sounds
Arizona..Arizona..
lol
james cowboy Plus. That’s where they’re from.
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It wasn't just the Navajo language, it was a code within the language. Described in the book as "Crazy Navajo", words and phrases that didn't actually make sense to any who spoke the language alone.
Obvious stock footage: @1:03 - 1:05, @1:10 - 1:12 still good movie thought.
Navaho heroes that were gold. I too am a veteran twice over. And God bless those brave men.
Help turn the tides in World War II you better be grateful to them and their language
I’m born and raised in Saipan. I can tell u that even back in the day there were no Japanese people in the villages the only Japanese that was ever there were the Japanese soldiers but the people of Saipan were not. We are Pacific Islanders
My earliest World War II films. I must say, I love the battles.
Heard they never broke the navajo code....that's krazy because that would mean no navajo p.o.w ever gave in to enemy hands and protected the code. They didn't rat on there people 💯
It was a code within a code. Only trained code talkers understood. They say things like 10 turkey red house. It doesn’t make sense to Navajos either.
None of the Navajo code talkers were ever taken prisoner. They even had personal bodyguards whose primary duty was to protect them from other American soldiers but had a secret secondary duty of killing them if there was a risk of being captured but luckily none of them had to resort to this.
Navajo is the only language that can't be cracked and is impossible to speak because it was not translated until the end of the 90s. You have to be Navajo or be a half Navajo to speak it and we don't give out our language to anyone unless they know how to speak it.
@@geomodelrailroader laying on the 'it's our precious secret!' hype a little thick, ay?
@@mdd1963 It's not hype when it's historically true.
It's so sad that this movie didn't focus more on historical accuracy than Nick Cage making faces.
when Dvd became a hit, this is the 1st film/cd we had. this is the best war movie, less talk, full of actions and fights
Indigenous soldiers from Canada served as "Cree Code Talkers" in the European theatre during WWII.
one of the most beautiful scenes in that film
and this is why The Code Talkers are my heroes
It's amazing what we can do together, to each other.
Those navy ship scenes with stock footage just stick out like a sore thumb... I always notice it when I watch the movie.
To the Navajo Codetalkers. May you rest in peace and take the code with you. You saved many lives with your words surrounded by your culture. If it weren’t for you. The war in the pacific would have been more bloodier
In 2005 Navajo high school students were invited to Russia where they met with Russian Eskimo natives. A Russian translator was provided for the American Navajo students. Shortly after meeting the American Navajo teacher told the Russian translator that his services or translations were NOT needed. The Navajo students and the Russian Eskimos were able to communicate. Yes, there were words that did NOT translate, but overall communication of the ideas did occur without utilizing the translator. Because a written language was created for use of the "WindTalkers" there is now a written language that is being taught in Russia to these Russian Eskimo natives. This also proved that Russian Eskimos emigrated from their country into the U. S. region namely southern Utah & northern Arizona. It is a small world.
Hard to believe the language didnt evolve over 10,000 years. Do you have a source for this claim?
@@David-ys4ud Monument Valley High School tour provided visiting students and tourists.
@@David-ys4ud Yes, it has, but NOT to the point that the two cultures cannot communicate with one another. Occasionally, they have to ask one another what a specific word or phrase meaning. This comes from the students and teachers at the Monument Valley High School. Tour bus visit the high school as a stop to learn of Navajo culture.
As a native american it sad to see our language dying i don't really see people interested in navajo anymore
This would be a good movie to remake, ofcourse with the right cast.
USA: we fight like men does
Also USA: *Battleships and Planes and Tanks vs Infantry*
It would not be smart to go all out on ground.
I loved this scene.
Cowboys and Indians working together...just badass
This is why Navajo Code Talkers were useful in the war in the Pacific.
Nic in his prime and one most sought after actor back then
FDC: "Fire for effect, out."
FiSTers: *most sensual moan* "Oohhhhhhh yeaaaahhhhh."
There was actually a Navajo that was captured by the Japanese and upon finding out that he was Navajo they sent for him and wanted him to tell them what was being said in Navajo. Yes he was a Navajo but a code talker???? No he listened in on the radio transmissions and told the Japanese he didn't know what the code that was being relayed was and the Japanese got so mad that they tortured him even worse and he was also part and survived the Bataan death march and even survived to the Japanese surrender and made it home. He said even if he could of figured the code out he wasn't going to tell the Japanese what they wanted to hear
God bless the Navajo Code Talkers they are true American Heroes America the land of Immigrants proudly worked together to defeat the Japanese, and All of the Axis powers. The code talkers must never be forgotten . The wee part of our greatest generation.
Semper Fi all devil dogs, and thank you for your magnificent service.
So proud to speak my native language
My great grandfather served from 1940 through 1945, before he came home. I still have his MkIII* Lee-Enfield, which appears to have been a grenade rifle. He passed in 1975, leaving the rifle with my dad, until he gave it to me when I was 17 (3 years ago)
*Dammit I was too late for the subtitles, I want it to see it badly!!!*
saipan was a beautiful island
Code Breaking is More Important than I thought....
Much respect to all Native Americans!
Glad my Great Grandfather was a Navajo Code Talker. I'm proud of what he did, and it's honor to be named after him. Ahéhee
such a good movie, wish i still had it:(
The Navajo really bailed the US out and kept the Japanese guessing about the code. Props to their bravery.
Wind talkers the perfect name for this mysterious language. It truly sounds like wind rushing over words as they speak.
On 22 August 1942, the United States Army Corps Head Quarters and the Canadian Military Head Quarters (CMHQ) began recruiting Cree speakers, already stationed in England, to use the Cree language to disguise Allied communications.
According to Charles Tomkins, a former Cree code talker, the Cree were not the only Indigenous people recruited for this mission. Tomkins recollected seeing an estimated 100 Indigenous soldiers assembled by the CMHQ in London, from which Cree, Ojibwe and others were chosen.
While there is no definitive reason as to why Cree speakers were chosen over others, there are a few likely reasons. First, there were large numbers of Cree speakers to draw upon, and their language would have been unintelligible to the Germans. Second, many Navajo code talkers in the American military were serving in the Pacific theatre of war. This may have left a void for speakers of other Indigenous languages to fill in the European theatre of war. The fact that many Cree soldiers were fluent in other languages such as English and French also seems to have been an advantage.
As my Grandfather was one of the Metis people On Normandy / Juno beach He infact spoke Cree/French/English And broken German Today there are less than 5,000 Moose Cree members that can speak the dying language fully It is said at this rate Another 50 - 100 year it will be lost
I've realized in the film the code talkers learning how to use the code and what words to use for certain units had a hard time identifying which Navajo word to use for certain units. So even if the Japanese captured any Navajo code talkers and attempted to learn the code. The difficulty in explaining it would have been infuriating for the Japanese.
They captured a navajo soldier but he wasn't a code talker so he was as baffled as them