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Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley => Youngstown Memories => Topic started by: Towntalk on May 18, 2013, 08:49:40 PM

Title: History Quiz A
Post by: Towntalk on May 18, 2013, 08:49:40 PM
During World War Two, what song did the allies use to mask coded messages to the French underground?
Title: Re: History Quiz A
Post by: sfc_oliver on May 21, 2013, 08:29:51 PM
If my Memory serves (I'm not that old but I've read a lot and talked to a lot of veterans from WW2)


That would be Beethoven's 5th symphony.....
Title: Re: History Quiz A
Post by: Towntalk on May 21, 2013, 09:36:13 PM
Absolutely true.

The First Movement was a perfect cover for the coded transmissions that were sent through a sub-frequency. Obviously the Germans knew that something was going on becauseof the number of times this movement was being played, but because of changes in the sub-frequency they were not able to read the coded messages.