Question

Even as equipment was repaired and replaced, the military struggled to relay information that needed to be kept private such as troop movements, battle plans, and tactical (3) messages; the Japanese were able to break every secret code the military developed.Select one answer A NO CHANGE B messages, the Japanese C messages: the Japanese D messages; (the Japanese

Answer 1

The best option to choose is C messages: the Japanese. This choice correctly uses a colon to introduce additional information about the Japanese, clarifying that they were able to break the secret codes.

So the sentence would read:

"Even as equipment was repaired and replaced, the military struggled to relay information that needed to be kept private such as troop movements, battle plans, and tactical messages: the Japanese were able to break every secret code the military developed."