To: smokeyjon
I think it had something to do with D-Day, anyone want to make sure I am right about that?
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.
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'.
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