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To: smokeyjon
I think it had something to do with D-Day, anyone want to make sure I am right about that?
455 posted on 03/20/2003 11:55:46 PM PST by momofsixgirls
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To: momofsixgirls
Ah, I love the internet:

"John has a long mustache" was the coded-signal used by the French Resistance in WWII to mobilize their forces once the Allies had landed on the Normandy beaches.
465 posted on 03/20/2003 11:59:50 PM PST by smokeyjon
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To: momofsixgirls
"I think it had something to do with D-Day, anyone want to make sure I am right about that?"

In WWII, the BBC broadcast "personal messages" on their shortwaver broadcasting service. These messages were coded instructions to resistance groups in Europe.

The message "John has a long mustache" was the code that told the French resistance that the D-Day invasion was about to start. It was made famous by the movie 'The Longest Day'.
470 posted on 03/21/2003 12:01:39 AM PST by JimNtexas
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