Title: The Code Breakers That Halted The Japanese Invasion | Secrets of War | Timeline Source:
[None] URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rtPSS2syZo&t=203s Published:Jun 21, 2020 Author:Timeline - World History Documentaries Post Date:2021-11-11 08:19:47 by BTP Holdings Keywords:None Views:331 Comments:7
Shortly after 1:30 am on the 7th of December 1941, the Naval Intercept Station at Bainbridge Island Washington, intercepted a message from Tokyo, bound for the Japanese embassy in Washington DC. The message was in purple, the most secret and complex of the Japanese diplomatic cyphers. As tensions mounted in the pacific, the importance of breaking the enigmatic cypher became all the more pressing. It would become one of the most infamous messages in history.