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25 lesser known facts about World War II

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 8:57 am
by wings7
More food for thought, research and sorrow...[X(][:(]
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/photos/25 ... cP#image=1

Patrick

RE: 25 lesser known facts about World War II

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 9:45 am
by Aurelian
Nice.

RE: 25 lesser known facts about World War II

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 10:01 am
by terje439
3 sheets of toilet paper per day?! A shitty war for sure for the british troops...

RE: 25 lesser known facts about World War II

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 11:25 am
by durangokid
Fascinating - the statistics are amazing. Thanks.

RE: 25 lesser known facts about World War II

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 3:05 pm
by Ranger33
Out of all the Soviet males born in 1923, an estimated 80 percent didn’t survive the war.

Difficult to believe. Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

RE: 25 lesser known facts about World War II

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 5:05 pm
by mikkey
Some facts are very interesting, thanks for sharing Patrick.

RE: 25 lesser known facts about World War II

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 8:01 pm
by Lobster
(Pictured) British bombers attack the German city of Hamburg in 1943.

That is the tail of a B-17. [:D]

The Nazi forces killed around 12 million people during the war. Nearly half of them were Jews killed in the Holocaust.

What about the East Front? They must have forgot to add that in. And then the last slide says the Soviets suffered over 21 million casualties. [&:]

RE: 25 lesser known facts about World War II

Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 3:25 pm
by Kuokkanen
ORIGINAL: Lobster

And then the last slide says the Soviets suffered over 21 million casualties. [&:]
Numbers in wrong order by mistake?

RE: 25 lesser known facts about World War II

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 2:47 am
by ncc1701e
Thanks for sharing this

RE: 25 lesser known facts about World War II

Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 8:51 am
by matttanner
Imagine if Tokyo would have been bombarded..