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Cracking the Japanese code in World War II

It’s worth remembering that not all lies are bad, after all! As a matter of fact, there are some lies that might work in your favor- especially when you want to win a war. For example, during World War II, Americans were completely unable to decipher the codes that the Japanese military intelligence was using, particularly the “AF” one, which denoted the exact location of a planned naval attack by Japan.

At the time, American military intelligence believed that “AF” stood for Midway, as the Japanese had a tendency to designate “A” to Hawaiian island locations, and Midway was a logical choice for Japan’s future target.

So, what did we decide to do? So the American intelligence decided to test their theory, by sending an encrypted false message, that claimed that Midway’s freshwater distilling station was busted and needed supplies. Not long after the transmission, a Japanese intelligence report read “AF is short of water”. This way, their white lie confirmed their theory!

24 Responses

  1. What? Why isn’t the Trump russia collusion hoax or the 2020 election fraud in the top 10. I think it should be #1 and #2!

  2. Daniel, knows many through the Seven Hills in Aurora.
    As threading pulled from a jacket seam curly quicker wit.

    :Mundane plains drifter.
    :status:

  3. EXCELLENT ARTICLE. I HAVE HEARD OF MANY OF THESE DURING MY LIFE AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER. THE WORST ONES ARE THE POLITICAL LIES THAT PROBABLY INFLICT MORE DAMAGE AND SUFFERING TO ALL MANKIND THAT ALL THE OTHER CATEGORIES COMBINED. MY FATHER TOLD ME OVER SIXTY FIVE YEARS AGO THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LIKE ANY GIVEN POLITICAL FIGURE, YOU CAN NEVER TRUST ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS. HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN AS HE WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN LOCAL POLITICS AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL AND WAS PRETTY MUCH DISGUSTED WITH THE SYSTEM IN HIS LATER YEARS.

  4. HItler was right! Jews were and still are the enemy of society and now globally. They own every centural bank in the world, news stations, Hollywood, TV shows and all to control and manipulate the world.

    1. I hate ALL religions equally, but why do you hate the Zionist religion badly enough to blame it for everything that ails the world? I would say Christianity id=s far worse than any other religion or group of religions.

    2. Carol, do you have verifiable evidence? Is there a paper trail? A cyber trail? Because if you do, please share it with us.
      Just because many facets of our modern world are owned, or controlled by those who are Jewish, does not constitute a worldwide conspiracy to control and manipulate.
      Based on your logic, one could argue against Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, etc. Such a conspiracy should be laid at the feet of Capitalism, which is multicultural!

    3. The Jews don’t own any traditional banks – the reason they started many investment banks like Goldman -Sachs and Lehman Brothers,etc. was that the white Protestant establishment wouldn’t let them into traditional banking so instead of complaining and getting angry they started their own . Excluding them was one of the most idiotic things we did because they really are the most literate group of people in the world .
      Same thing with newspapers St Louis Post Dispatch (J. Pulitzer) New York Times ( Sulzberger and Ochs) and The Washington Post ( Meyer and his daughter K Graham). Always excluded .Hollywood yes because they invented it because again so many industries were closed to them and they had a creative spirit from the schtetl. Look it up if you don’t know what it means .
      When Christians couldn’t lend money someone had to provide the service and when only us Christians could own land someone had to become merchants . Yea Sam Walton learned a lot from Sol Pace the father of Costco . By the way Sol wouldn’t sell out to Sam Walton .
      So my dear if you want Jews to go away stop spewing anti Semitism because if you do they will keep winning 25 percent of the Nobel prizes and Pulitzer Prizes and representing 30 percent of the 400 richest people in America and 40 percent of the biggest philanthropists when they only represent 1 -2 percent of the population . It is unprecedented. You want them to go away then accept them . And by the way if you hate them so much give back your polio vaccine (Salk and Sabin ) and your Covid vaccine ( Drew Weissman)
      Hate should have no home – every group has contributed . Be a good Christian and accept others and love thy neighbor

      God Bless You

    4. With that attitude you wonder why there are bigots and racism in the world? Why there is violence? Why there are wars that kill thousands of young people all over the world? Why thousands more parents cry over lost offspring? Why BILLIONS of dollars are spent on the military? Money that could be used somewhere else?
      Think on it.

  5. I am having trouble understanding how the 1919 Black Sox scandal qualifies as a “lie,” or the Cuban missile crisis.
    That’s two of the first three: time to quit.

  6. There are no worse lies than political lies as they affect ALL of us. I. E. Watergate was NOT what the WaPo claims…the Kennedy murder was NOT what we’ve been told. The Clinton mafia has never been “outed” though media tries to portray them as gods…families are NOT the enemy of society as portrayed by media…God is NOT “antiquated” but is vital to society…see what happens to society when God is taken out – look at the countries without a HEAVENLY God. (even though they sometimes claim their human “leader” is a god). You and I can go on with examples…just BEWARE of who/what you believe and dig deeper into a subject from ALL views…

    1. I believe you will find that the election in AZ was stolen. Between the election officials, judges, sec of state Katie Hobbs, and the defective machine not working only in Republician precincts it is pretty clear.

  7. . Joe biden got the most votes ever [81 million]
    .Two weeks to slow the spread
    .Covid 19 [coof- Chinese spoof] the most deadly ever
    . The coof vaccine and boosters is/are the most effective, safe vaccine ever. (It didn’t prevent you from getting it ; didn’t stop you from spreading it; didn’t stop you from going into the hospital; didn’t stop you from dying)
    .”trans men” should use female restrooms and “compete” in women’s sports
    .Joe biden created the most jobs in history
    . The economy is the “best and greatest” ever
    Shall I continue!
    Regards,
    P.

  8. Two massive lies misding: WMDs in Iraq and the “stolen” 2020 Election. Those are the two lies with the greatest repercussions of the 21st Century. How could those have been ignored? No one to date has been held accountable for propagating these lies and the damage they have caused.

    1. Do you think that it was just a coinidence those articles (WMD, AFGH and etc.) were left out? There are many others that were left out also. And ALL were connected to the U S government in some way. hAVE A NICE DAY.

  9. You forgot a real big lie. You forgot to post the lie that commie biden won the election with the largest number of votes ever cast. Talk about a whopper of a lie, total bullshit that only the gullible believe.

  10. Yes, what about the lies surrounding the election in the pandemic they never mention any of that, and those of the lies that are directly affecting the entire world today

  11. You failed to include The Big Lie of Donald Trump. He knowingly misled millions of gullible citizens with his claims of election fraud, leading to an unsuccessful coup. Unprecedented in American history!

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