Tell a Lie to Win a War

The 2019 war film “Midway” is just one of several movies that attempt to depict the events that led up to the Battle of Midway during the Second World War. And believe it when we say that the film is probably one of the most accurate depictions of that historical event.

So how do you win a war with a lie? Here’s how the American Military Intelligence did it. When their attempts to decipher the codes used by the Japanese failed, they decided to send out a false encrypted message to test their theories. This way, they decrypted the code and prepared for the Japanese attack on Midway.