What was ironic about the fact that it was the Navajo language that the code was based on?

Question

What was ironic about the fact that it was the Navajo language that the code was based on?
A) There were many Japanese code breakers that spoke the Navajo language
B) Native American people faced prison time for speaking their own language rather than English
C) Navajo people were forced to join the military and had no choice but to develop the code
D) The US government had set up the Indian School system to assimilate people, thus many native languages were lost
A????

Halle · Answer

it was D, so nvm

Writeacher · Answer

Yes, D.

"A" describes the whole reason why this code was developed. But the question asks what was ironic about …
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