At the Battle of Bunker Hill, the colonists used the physical geography of the area to their advantage by firing on the British from a relatively safe position on the "high ground" of the battlefield.
The language could not be recognized by the Japanese and it let information be spread threw to Americans without the
Japanese being able to find out what they are saying.
India's desire for Independence, which was how the country expressed its nationalism, goes back to 1850s. One of the major aspects of the growth of Indian nationalism prior to WW2 was Gandhi's policy of non-cooperation with the British, which was a part of the "Quit India Movement", urging the British to withdraw from India.