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Some Hidden Facts You Need To Know About World War 11 Broaden Your Knowledge by sirpatrick(m): 6:27pm On Dec 11, 2016 |
1 The country with the largest number of
WWII causalities was Russia, with over 21
million.[8]
2 For every five German soldiers who died
in WWII, four of them died on the Eastern
Front.[2]
3 It is estimated that 1.5 million children
died during the Holocaust. Approximately 1.2
million of them were Jewish and tens of
thousands were Gypsies.[8]
4 Eighty percent of Soviet males born in
1923 didn’t survive WWII.[2]
5 Between 1939 and 1945, the Allies
dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs, which
averaged to 27,700 tons per month.[2]
6 Russia and the Red Army were accused
of several war crimes, including systematic
mass rape (over 2 million German women
aged 13-70 were allegedly raped by the Red
Army) and genocide.[6]
7 Even after the Allies arrived, many
concentration camp prisoners were beyond
help. In Bergen-Belsen, for example, 13,000
prisoners died after liberation. Nearly 2,500 of
the 33,000 survivors of Dachau died within six
weeks of liberation.[8]
8 Most historians agree that WWII began
when Germany invaded Poland on September
1, 1939. Others say it started when Japan
invaded Manchuria on September 18, 1931.
And some scholars suggest WWII is actually a
continuation of WWI, with a break in between.
[5]
WW II began on September 1, 1939 when Hitler
invaded Poland
9 Max Heiliger was the fictitious name the
SS used to establish a bank account in which
they deposited money, gold, and jewels taken
from European Jews.[2]
10 The longest battle of WWII was the
Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted from
1939-1945.[2]
11 The original abbreviation of the
National Socialist Party was Nasos. The word
“Nazi” derives from a Bavarian word that
means “simple minded” and was first used as
a term of derision by journalist Konrad Heiden
(1901-1966).[2]
12 Approximately 600,000 Jews served in
the United States armed forces during WWII.
More than 35,000 were killed, wounded,
captured, or missing. Approximately 8,000 died
in combat. However, only two Jewish soldiers
were awarded the Medal of Honor in WWII.[8]
13 The Battle of the Bulge is the largest
and deadliest battle for U.S. troops to date,
with more than 80,000 American casualties.[1]
14 More Russians (military and civilians)
lost their lives during the Siege of Leningrad
than did American and British soldiers
combined in all of WWII.[2]
15 The Nazis murdered approximately 12
million people, nearly 6 million of those being
Jews killed in the Holocaust (“whole burnt”).
[8]
16 During WWII, the Japanese launched
9,000 “wind ship weapons” of paper and
rubberized-silk balloons that carried incendiary
and anti-personnel bombs to the U.S. More
than 1,000 balloons hit their targets and they
reached as far east as Michigan. The only
deaths resulting from a balloon bomb were six
Americans (including five children and a
pregnant woman) on a picnic in Oregon.c,d[2]
[3]
17 The swastika is an ancient religious
symbol. It derives from the Sanskrit name for
a hooked cross, which was used by ancient
civilizations as a symbol of fertility and good
fortune. It has been found in the ruins of
Greece, Egypt, China, India, and Hindu
temples.[2]
The swastika is a sacred religious symbol in
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism and dates back
to before the 2nd century BC
18 The Japanese Kamikaze (“divine wind”)
tactic was suggested on October 19, 1944, by
Vice-Admiral Onishi in an attempt to balance
the technological advantage of invading
American forces. Though the numbers are
disputed, approximately 2,800 kamikaze pilots
died. They sunk 34 U.S. ships, damaged 368,
killed 4,900 sailors, and wounded 4,800.[2]
19 In 1935, British engineer Robert
Watson-Watt was working on a “death ray”
that would destroy enemy aircraft using radio
waves. His “death ray” instead evolved into
radar—or “radio detection and ranging.”[2]
20 Many Jews were subject to gruesome
medical experiments. For example, doctors
would bombard the testicles of men and the
ovaries of women with X-rays to see the
impact of different doses on sterility. Nazi
doctors would break bones repeatedly to see
how many times it could be done before a
bone could not heal. They hit people’s heads
with hammers to see what their skulls could
withstand. Experiments were conducted to
determine the effects of atmospheric pressure
on the body. Prisoners were injected with
different drugs and diseases, and limbs were
amputated and muscles cut for transplantation
experiments. Today reference to or use of the
Nazi research is considered unethical.[8]
21 Dr. Josef Mengele (the “Angel of
Death”) used about 3,000 twins, mostly
Romany and Jewish children, for his painful
genetic experiments. Only about 200 survived.
His experiments included taking one twin’s
eyeball and attaching it on the back of the
other twin’s head or changing the eye color of
children by injecting dye. In one instance, two
Romany twins were sewn together in an
attempt to create conjoined twins.[8]
22 In addition to Jews and gypsies,
Jehovah’s Witnesses were also persecuted
and murdered in German concentration
camps.[8]
23 The decision to implement the “Final
Solution” or Die Endlosung was made at the
Wannsee Conference in Berlin on January 20,
1942. Heinrich Himmler was its chief
architect. The earliest use of the phrase
“Final Solution to the Jewish Problem” was
actually used in an 1899 memo to Russian
Tzar Nicholas about Zionism.[8]
24 Many historians believe that the Battle
at Stalingrad (1942-1943) is not only arguably
the bloodiest battle in history
(800,000-1,600,000 casualties), but also the
turning point of WWII in Europe.[5]
Nearly 40,000 Soviet civilians lost their lives
during the Battle of Stalingrad
25 WWII ended on September 2, 1945,
when Japan signed a surrender agreement on
the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.[5]
26 Anne Frank and her sister died at
Bergen-Belsen in March 1945, one month
before the camp was liberated in April 1945.
During its existence, nearly 50,000 people
died. After evacuating the camp, British
soldiers burned it to the ground to prevent the
spread of typhus.[8]
27 In his book The Abandonment of the
Jews, David Wyman (1929- ) argued that the
failure to bomb concentration camps was a
result of the Allies’ indifference to the fate of
the Jews rather than the practical
impossibility of the operation.[8]
28 Despite the risks, thousands of people
helped save the Jews. For example, the
country of Denmark saved its entire
community. And individuals such as Raoul
Wallenberg (1912-1947), Oscar Schindler
(1908-1974), and Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986)
saved thousands of lives.[8]
29 From 1940-1945, the U.S. defense
budget increased form $1.9 billion to $59.8
billion.[2]
30 The Air Force was part of the Army in
WWII and didn’t become a separate branch of
the military until after the war.[2]
31 In 1941, a private earned $21 a month.
In 1942, a private earned $50 a month.[2]
32 German U-boats sunk 2,000 Allied
ships at a cost of 781 U-boats destroyed.[2]
33 More than 650,000 Jeeps were built
during WWII. American factories also produced
300,000 military aircraft; 89,000 tanks; 3
million machine guns; and 7 million rifles.[2]
34 The Enola Gay became well known for
dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima,
but few people know the name of the B-29
that bombed Nagasaki. It was Bock’s Car,
named after the plane’s usual commander,
Frederick Bock 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Some Hidden Facts You Need To Know About World War 11 Broaden Your Knowledge by dominique(f): 6:29pm On Dec 11, 2016 |
Too jam-packed |
Re: Some Hidden Facts You Need To Know About World War 11 Broaden Your Knowledge by Oblitz(m): 6:48pm On Dec 11, 2016 |
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Re: Some Hidden Facts You Need To Know About World War 11 Broaden Your Knowledge by MONITZ: 10:17pm On Dec 11, 2016 |
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Re: Some Hidden Facts You Need To Know About World War 11 Broaden Your Knowledge by caye(m): 7:37am On Dec 12, 2016 |
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Re: Some Hidden Facts You Need To Know About World War 11 Broaden Your Knowledge by walemoney007(m): 2:12pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
caye:so you dont believe the holocaust truly happened? |
Re: Some Hidden Facts You Need To Know About World War 11 Broaden Your Knowledge by sirpatrick(m): 3:58pm On Dec 13, 2016 |
The Germans used the first jet fighters
in World War II, among them the
Messerschmitt ME-262. However, they were
developed too late to change the course of
the war.[2]
36 The most powerful artillery gun created
by any nation and used in WWII was named
Karl by its designer General Karl Becker. Used
mostly against the Russians, the huge gun
could shoot a 2.5 ton shell over three miles.
The shells were 24 inches wide and could go
through eight to nine feet of concrete.[2]
37 During WWII, the acronym BAM stood
for “Broad-Assed Marines,” or women soldiers
in the U.S. Marine Corp. The women, however,
called the men HAMs, for “Hairy-Assed
Marines.”[2]
38 The SS ran a brothel named “The Kitty
Salon” for foreign diplomats and other VIPs in
Berlin. It was wiretapped, and 20 prostitutes
underwent several weeks of intense
indoctrination and training. They were
specifically trained to glean information from
clients through seemingly innocuous
conversations.[2]
39 WWII resulted in the downfall of Europe
as a center of world power and led to the rise
of the U.S. and Russia as super powers. This
set up conditions for both the US-USSR cold
war and the nuclear age.[1]
40 During WWII, hamburgers in the U.S.
were dubbed “Liberty Steaks” to avoid the
German-sounding name.[2]
41 At the time of the Pearl Harbor attack,
there were 96 ships anchored. During the
attack, 18 were sunk or seriously damaged,
including eight battleships. There were 2,402
American men killed and 1,280 injured. Three
hundred and fifty aircraft were destroyed or
damaged.[7]
The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United
States into World War II
42 Joseph Kramer (1906-1945), a
commander of Bergen-Belsen, was known as
the “Beast of Belsen.” When asked if he “felt
anything” as he watched and participated in
the deaths of thousands of men, women, and
children, Kramer said he didn’t feel anything
because he was following orders. He was later
executed for crimes against humanity.[8]
43 The ace of all fighter aces of all
nations is German fighter pilot Erich Hartmann
(“the Blond Knight”) with 352 “kills.”[2]
44 Members of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle
allegedly called Rudolf Hess “Fraulein Anna”
because he was reportedly a homosexual. He
was also known as the “Brown Mouse.”[2]
45 William Hitler, a nephew of Adolf Hitler,
was in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He
changed his name after the war.c[2]
46 Italian Fascists took as their symbol
the “fasces,” a bundle of bound rods that
symbolized the power of ancient Rome.[2]
47 The Nazis killed millions of Poles. But
they thought that some Polish babies and
children looked German and kidnapped about
50,000 of them to be adopted by German
parents to become “Germanized.”[8]
48 The Nazis pirated the Harvard “fight
song” to compose their Sieg Heil march.[2]
The composer of Sieg Heil actually attended
Harvard
49 Special units run by the SS called
Einsatzgruppen (“task forces”) followed the
German army’s invasion of countries. They
would force Jews to dig a pit and then shoot
them so they would fall into an open grave. It
is estimated that the Einsatzgruppen killed 1.4
million Jews.[8]
50 Prisoners called Sonderkommando were
forced to bury corpses or burn them in ovens.
Fewer than 20 of the thousands of
Sonderkommando survived, though buried and
hidden accounts of some were found later at
camps.[8]
51 Several famous actors were decorated
during WWII. For example, Henry Fonda won a
Bronze Star in the Pacific, Walter Matthau
was awarded six battle stars while serving on
a B-17, and David Niven was awarded the
U.S. Legion of Merit. Christopher Lee was a
pilot in the Royal Air Force and also won a
number of awards.[2]
52 John Wayne (Marion Robert Morrison)
starred in 14 WWII movies; however, due to a
football injury, he never actually served in the
war.[2]
53 Hitler kept a framed photo of Henry
Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, on
his desk. Henry Ford also kept a framed photo
of the Nazi leader on his desk in Dearborn,
Michigan. In Mein Kampf , Hitler included some
anti-Semitic views attributed to Ford.[2]
54 On January 31, 1945, Private Eddie
Slovik was shot for desertion, the first
American executed for the crime since the
Civil War and the only one to suffer this
punishment during WWII.[2]
55 Although Japan fought on the side of
Britain, France, and the U.S. during WWI, it
felt cheated by its failure to gain much
territory when the peace treaty was
composed. Additionally, in the 1920s, its
government came under control of fanatical
nationalists and allied with the army, which
eventually prompted Japan to side with
Germany.[1]
56 After its defeat in WWI, Germany was
forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in
1919. Germany lost all its overseas empires
as well as land to its neighbors, and it was
prevented from maintaining a large army.
Most Germans opposed the treaty, and their
resentment would eventually undo the
settlement, leading to WWII.[5]
57 Out of the 40,000 men who served on
U-boats during WWII, only 10,000 returned.[2]
Launching of a German U-Boat during World War
2
58 The most decorated unit ever in U.S.
history is the 442nd regimental Combat Team,
whose motto was “Go for Broke.” It consisted
of Japanese-American volunteers. Together
they won 4,667 major medals, awards, and
citations, including 560 Silver Stars (28 of
which had oak-leaf clusters), 4,000 Bronze
Stars, 52 Distinguished Service Crosses, and
one Medal of Honor, plus 54 other
decorations. It also held the distinction of
never having a case of desertion.[2]
59 Norvell Gillespie, the garden editor of
Better Homes and Gardens, designed the
camouflage print for U.S. service uniforms in
WWII.[2]
60 The greatest tank battle in history
occurred between the Germans and Russians
at the Kursk salient in Russia from July 4-22,
1943. More than 3,600 tanks were involved.[2]
61 The largest Japanese spy ring during
WWII was not in the U.S. but in Mexico, where
it spied on the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.[2]
62 Prisoners of war in Russian camps
experienced an 85% mortality rate.[2]
63 The vast majority of German war
criminals passed themselves off as refugees
at displaced persons camps when the war
ended, thereby gaining freedom.[8]
64 Germany had a total of 3,363 generals
during the war while the U.S. had just over
1,500.[2]
65 Before Nazi Germany decided to
eliminate the Jews by gassing them, it had
considered sending them to the island of
Madagascar.[8]
66 If it became necessary to drop a third
atom bomb on Japan, the city that would have
been the target was Tokyo.[1]
67 The now iconic "We Can Do It" poster
was initially not intended for public display,
and only a small number of people saw it
when it was first published in 1942. It only
gained popularity in the 1980s when the
feminist movement appropriated the image.[4]
The now iconic World War II poster is world-wide
symbol of female strength
68 The greatest loss of life ever sustained
by the U.S. Navy occurred on July 30, 1945.
The USS Indianapolis was shot by Japanese
submarine I-58. Captain Charles McVay,
commanding officer of the cruiser, was the
only U.S. Navy officer ever to be court-
martialed for losing a ship in war.[2]
69 Calvin Graham was only 12 years old
when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He won a
Bronze Star and a Purple Heart before the
Navy found out how old he was.[2]
70 Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler’s deputy in
the Nazi party, was the last person to have
been incarcerated in the Tower of London.[2]
71 While in prison, Hitler envisioned the
development of a “people’s car” or a
Volkswagen, from the word volk , meaning
“people” or “nation.”[2]
72 On December 8, 1941, Britain and the
U.S. declared war on Japan. On December 11,
Germany declared war on the U.S. The U.S. is
the only nation Germany formally declared war
on.[1]
73 The Nazis called their rule the Third
Reich (1933-1945). The First Reich was the
Holy Roman Empire (962-1806). The Second
Reich was the German Empire of 1871-1918.
The Weimar Republic was from 1919-1933.f[5]
74 At the behest of the Nazi regime, book-
burning campaigns took place in Berlin and
other German cities between March and June
1933, with senior academics and university
students incinerating books deemed to contain
“un-German” ideas. Authors targeted by the
book-burning campaign included Jack London,
H.G. Wells, Thomas Mann, Sigmund Freud, and
Albert Einstein. A century before Hitler, the
German poet Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
predicted: “Where one burns books, one will,
in the end, burn people.”[1]
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Re: Some Hidden Facts You Need To Know About World War 11 Broaden Your Knowledge by alanka(f): 1:01am On Dec 14, 2016 |
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