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7 de set. de 2016 · World War II changed the economic, political, and global landscape forever. Explore its fascinating history with these interesting World War II facts.
- What caused World War II?World War 2 began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. As a consquence, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3.
- What countries fought in World War II?The main countries involved in World War 2 were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United State...
- What was the first Nazi Concentration Camp?Dachu. It was formed from an empty munitions factory in March 1933.
- What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?The Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress bomber was the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
- What country lost the most lives in the World War II?Russia lost the most lives in World War II, with about 27 million total fatalities (both military and civilian). China was next, with about 11 mill...
- What was the codename for the Battle of Normandy?The code name for the Battle of Normandy was Operation Overload, which was launched on June 6, 1944.
- What was the first action the Nazis took against the Jews?The Nazis took their first step against the Jews on April 1, 1993 when they announced a boycott of all Jewish-run businesses.
- What was the last major battle of World War 2?The last major battle of World War 2 was the Battle of Okinawa, which lasted from April 1, 1945 through June 21, 1945.
- What was the first Axis Power to surrender during WW 2?The first Axis power to surrender was Italy. It surrendered on September 8, 1943, six weeks after leaders of the Italian Fascist Party deposed Ital...
- How many people were killed by nuclear weapons during World War II?The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed at least 129,000 people. The bombings remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history.
- The Priority For Manpower in The UK Is Surprising
- Allied Merchant Shipping Losses Were Just 1 Per Cent
- The Japanese Had Kamikaze Rockets
- Britain Had The Least Rationing in Europe
- There Was A Difference Between Allied & German Fighter Aces
- The Missing Luftwaffe Fighter Plane
- The American Parsons Jacket Was Designed with Comfort in Mind
- Germany’s Motor Transport Was Minimal
Britain had decided before the war began that it would make air and naval power the focus of its fighting capability, and it was only after the fall of France that British powers realised that the Army would have to grow substantially too. However, right up until the spring of 1944, the priority for manpower in the UK was not the navy, RAF, army, o...
Allied shipping losses in the Second World War in the North Atlantic, Arctic and Home Waters were just 1.48 per cent. Overall, there were 323,090 individual sailings, of which 4,786 were sunk. Of these, 2,562 were British, but on average, there were around 2,000 British ships sailing somewhere around the world on any given day. Convoys, for the mos...
It was not only the Germans who put rocket-power aircraft into the air in the Second World War. After their initial victories, the Japanese struggled to pace with US and British technology, but they did develop the Ohka – or ‘Cherry Blossom’, a rocket-power human-guided anti-shipping missile, which was used at the end of the war as a kamikaze weapo...
France and Britain began the war without rationing and, while it was modestly introduced in Britain in January 1940, France had still resisted by the time they were defeated in June 1940. Germany, on the other hand, introduced rationing before the war and struggled to feed its armed forces and the wider population from start to finish. The country’...
The Luftwaffe had an entirely different approach to their 'aces.' Not only were pilots expected to fly on operations longer without breaks, they also actively helped their leading shots get big scores with lesser mortals protecting them while the 'experten' did the shooting. On the Eastern Front they came up against badly armed and trained Soviet a...
At the same time as Messerschmitt was developing the Bf109, rival firm Heinkel were also putting forward a new all-metal monoplane fighter, the He112. Early prototypes of each were pretty evenly matched in terms of speed and rate of climb and both the Me109E, as Messerschmitt’s fighter became, and the He112E had speeds of more than 350mph. The latt...
The standard and most widely worn US Army field tunic of the war was the M41, better known as the Parsons Jacket. This was introduced in 1941 following trials by the US 5th Division in exercises in the Midwest and Alaska in the summer and autumn of 1940, and was given its name after Major-General Parsons, the divisional commander. The design, howev...
German wartime propaganda that the Third Reich had a highly mechanised and modern army is still widely believed, but actually, in 1939, Germany was one of the least automotive societies in the western world, despite the autobahns and Grand Prix victories of Mercedes. On the outbreak of war, there were 47 people for every motor vehicle in Germany. I...
2 de jun. de 2019 · World War Two was history’s biggest conflict. To help guide you through some of the major events involved we have compiled a list of 100 facts...
World War II was one of the most destructive wars in human history. It was fought between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers, and it lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved more than 70 million people and resulted in millions of casualties. We will explore some of the most interesting and important facts about this war.
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20 de nov. de 2010 · 5 mins read. Complimenting our fact-files on Spitfire, Churchill, Hitler and Stalin, Military Times has compiled a list of frequently baffling facts about the Second World War. Many of these have been widely reported and circulated, entering the annals of modern folk-lore.
1. World War 2 was a battle between two groups of countries. – the “Allies” and the “Axis“. The major Allied Powers were Britain, France, Russia, China and the United States. The major Axis Powers were Germany, Italy and Japan.
This article is a comprehensive list of World War 2 facts, including the primary actors in the war, causes, a comprehensive timeline, and bibliography
