The country with the largest number of WWII causalities was Russia, with over 21 million. 1 [8] For every five German soldiers who died in WWII, four of them died on the Eastern Front. 2 [2] 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. 3 [8] Eighty percent of Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t survive WWII. 4 [2] Between 1939 and 1945, the Allies dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs, which averaged to 27,700 tons per month. 5 [2] 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 [6] 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. 7 [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. 8 [5] 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. 9 [2] The longest battle of WWII was the Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted from 1939-1945. 10 [2] 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). 11 [2] 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. 12 [8] The Battle of the Bulge is the largest and deadliest battle for U.S. troops to date, with more than 80,000 American casualties. 13 [1] More Russians (military and civilians) lost their lives during the Siege of Leningrad than did American and British soldiers combined in all of WWII. 14 [2] The Nazis murdered approximately 12 million people, nearly 6 million of those being Jews killed in the Holocaust (“whole burnt”). 15 [8] 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 16 [2][3] 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. 17 [2] 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. 18 [2] 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.” 19 [2] 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. 20 [8] 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. 21 [8] In addition to Jews and gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses were also persecuted and murdered in German concentration camps. 22 [8] 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. 23 [8] 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. 24 [5] WWII ended on September 2, 1945, when Japan signed a surrender agreement on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. 25 [5] 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. 26 [8] 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. 27 [8] 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. 28 [8] From 1940-1945, the U.S. defense budget increased form $1.9 billion to $59.8 billion. 29 [2] The Air Force was part of the Army in WWII and didn’t become a separate branch of the military until after the war. 30 [2] In 1941, a private earned $21 a month. In 1942, a private earned $50 a month. 31 [2] German U-boats sunk 2,000 Allied ships at a cost of 781 U-boats destroyed. 32 [2] 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. 33 [2] 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. 34 [2] 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. 35 [2] 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. 36 [2] 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.” 37 [2] 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. 38 [2] 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. 39 [1] During WWII, hamburgers in the U.S. were dubbed “Liberty Steaks” to avoid the German-sounding name. 40 [2] 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. 41 [7] 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. 42 [8] The ace of all fighter aces of all nations is German fighter pilot Erich Hartmann (“the Blond Knight”) with 352 “kills.” 43 [2] 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.” 44 [2] William Hitler, a nephew of Adolf Hitler, was in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He changed his name after the war.c 45 [2] Italian Fascists took as their symbol the “fasces,” a bundle of bound rods that symbolized the power of ancient Rome. 46 [2] 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.” 47 [8] The Nazis pirated the Harvard “fight song” to compose their Sieg Heil march. 48 [2] 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. 49 [8] 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. 50 [8] 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. 51 [2] John Wayne (Marion Robert Morrison) starred in 14 WWII movies; however, due to a football injury, he never actually served in the war. 52 [2] 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. 53 [2] 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. 54 [2] 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. 55 [1] 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. 56 [5] Out of the 40,000 men who served on U-boats during WWII, only 10,000 returned. 57 [2] 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. 58 [2] Norvell Gillespie, the garden editor of Better Homes and Gardens , designed the camouflage print for U.S. service uniforms in WWII. 59 [2] 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. 60 [2] 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.

kingsman66:
The country with the largest number of
WWII causalities was Russia, with
over 21 million.
1
[8]
For every five German soldiers who
died in WWII, four of them died on
the Eastern Front.
2
[2]
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.
3
[8]
Eighty percent of Soviet males born in
1923 didn’t survive WWII.
4 [2]
Between 1939 and 1945, the Allies
dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs,
which averaged to 27,700 tons per
month.
5
[2]
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
[6]
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.
7
[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.
8
[5]
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.
9
[2]
The longest battle of WWII was the
Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted
from 1939-1945.
10
[2]
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).
11
[2]
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.
12
[8]
The Battle of the Bulge is the largest
and deadliest battle for U.S. troops to
date, with more than 80,000 American
casualties.
13
[1]
More Russians (military and civilians)
lost their lives during the Siege of
Leningrad than did American and
British soldiers combined in all of
WWII.
14
[2]
The Nazis murdered approximately 12
million people, nearly 6 million of
those being Jews killed in the
Holocaust (“whole burnt”).
15
[8]
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
16
[2][3]
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.
17
[2]
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.
18
[2]
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.”
19
[2]
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.
20
[8]
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.
21
[8]
In addition to Jews and gypsies,
Jehovah’s Witnesses were also
persecuted and murdered in German
concentration camps.
22
[8]
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.
23
[8]
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.
24
[5]
WWII ended on September 2, 1945,
when Japan signed a surrender
agreement on the USS Missouri in
Tokyo Bay.
25
[5]
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.
26
[8]
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.
27
[8]
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.
28
[8]
From 1940-1945, the U.S. defense
budget increased form $1.9 billion to
$59.8 billion.
29
[2]
The Air Force was part of the Army in
WWII and didn’t become a separate
branch of the military until after the
war.
30
[2]
In 1941, a private earned $21 a
month. In 1942, a private earned $50
a month.
31
[2]
German U-boats sunk 2,000 Allied
ships at a cost of 781 U-boats
destroyed.
32
[2]
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.
33
[2]
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.
34
[2]
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.
35
[2]
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.
36
[2]
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.”
37
[2]
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.
38
[2]
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.
39
[1]
During WWII, hamburgers in the U.S.
were dubbed “Liberty Steaks” to avoid
the German-sounding name.
40
[2]
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.
41
[7]
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.
42
[8]
The ace of all fighter aces of all
nations is German fighter pilot Erich
Hartmann (“the Blond Knight”) with
352 “kills.”
43
[2]
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.”
44
[2]
William Hitler, a nephew of Adolf
Hitler, was in the U.S. Navy during
WWII. He changed his name after the
war.c
45
[2]
Italian Fascists took as their symbol
the “fasces,” a bundle of bound rods
that symbolized the power of ancient
Rome.
46
[2]
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.”
47
[8]
The Nazis pirated the Harvard “fight
song” to compose their Sieg Heil
march.
48
[2]
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.
49
[8]
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.
50
[8]
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.
51
[2]
John Wayne (Marion Robert Morrison)
starred in 14 WWII movies; however,
due to a football injury, he never
actually served in the war.
52
[2]
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.
53
[2]
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.
54
[2]
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.
55
[1]
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.
56
[5]
Out of the 40,000 men who served on
U-boats during WWII, only 10,000
returned.
57
[2]
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.
58
[2]
Norvell Gillespie, the garden editor of
Better Homes and Gardens , designed
the camouflage print for U.S. service
uniforms in WWII.
59
[2]
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.
60
[2]
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.

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