Facts About World War ll
2. Britain only finished paying its WW2 debts off in 2006. 3. The longest WWII battle was the Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted from 1939-1945. 4. Before Nazi Germany decided to get rid of the Jews by gassing them, it had been considered sending them to Madagascar. 5. During WWll, Japan bombs China with fleas infected with the Bubonic Plague. 6. The number of Chinese killed by the Japanese during WWll, is greater than the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust. 7. Hitler planned to collect thousands of Jewish artifacts to build a “Musuem of An Extinct Race” after the war. 8. During WWll, two doctors saved 8,000 Jews from the Holocaust by faking a Typhus Epidemic that stopped the Nazis from entering the town. 9. Only 20% of males who were born in the Soviet Union in 1923 survived the war. 10. During World War II, Japanese Army officers hosted a party for the Japanese Navy officers, and when they ran out of meat they served the liver of a recently deceased American soldier. 11. Pooli, the American cat was a World War II veteran, earned three service ribbons and four battle stars. 12. Nutella was invented during WWII because chocolate was in short supply due to World War II rationing. 13. The American playing card company ‘Bicycle’ had manufactured a playing card. When the card was soaked, it revealed an escape route for Prisoners of War. These cards were Christmas presents for all POWs in Germany. 14. The official gesture for the Pledge of Allegiance was so similar to Hitler’s Nazi salute that Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the change it to the hand over heart during WW2. 15. World War II was the most destructive war in history. It spent more money, damaged more property, killed more people, and caused more extensive changes than any other war in history. |
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photos
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America’s Involvement in the War
http://www.annefrankguide.net/en-US/bronnenbank.asp?oid=18465
People
http://www.biography.com/people/anne-frank-9300892
http://www.biography.com/people/george-patton-9434904#synopsis
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Battles
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Aspect on WWll
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust
Country Involved
quora.com