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25 Interesting Things You Didnt Know About World War II
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From the Nazis stealing the Harvard fight song to a 12 year old soldier who won a purple heart here are 25 interesting things you didn't know about World War II. • / list25 • / list25 • http://list25.com • Check out the text version too! - http://list25.com/25-interesting-thin... • Here's a preview: • For every five German soldiers who died in WWII, four of them died on the Eastern Front • Eighty percent of Soviet males born in 1923 didn't survive the war • World War II was the most destructive conflict in history. It cost more money, damaged more property, and killed more people than any other war ever • 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. • 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 • 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. • Out of the 40,000 men who served on U-boats during WWII, only 10,000 returned. • More Russians (military and civilians) lost their lives during the Siege of Leningrad than did American and British soldiers combined in all of WWII. • From 1940-1945, the U.S. defense budget increased from $1.9 billion to $59.8 billion. • The Air Force was part of the Army in WWII and didn't become a separate branch of the military until after the war. • In 1941, a private earned $21 a month. In 1942, a private earned $50 a month. • 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 • During WWII, hamburgers in the U.S. were dubbed Liberty Steaks to avoid the German-sounding name • The Nazis pirated the Harvard fight song to compose their Sieg Heil march • William Hitler, a nephew of Adolf Hitler, was in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He changed his name after the war
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