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Trivia about world war ii

  • On September 2, 1945 New Zealand Air Marshal Leonard Isitt put the final signature on the document that ended this
  • War during which "Gremlin", "Snafu" & "Kilroy Was Here" were popularized
  • 1944:The Bulge
  • The Battle of Stalingrad
  • North Korea came into political being following the division of the Korean peninsula at the end of this war
  • The biggest war in history was this one involving 61 countries & more than 110 million soldiers
  • 1942:The Battle of Midway
  • "Catch-22","Baa Baa Black Sheep"
  • "The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle","Slaughterhouse Five"
  • Anzio,Tobruk,Bataan
  • Actress Geraldine Fitzgerald made her exit from the cover when this began in 1939
  • Evelyn Waugh set his "Sword of Honour" trilogy during this war in which he'd served as a commando
  • Nevil Shute's novel "A Town Like Alice" is set during this war
  • "A Walk in the Sun","They Were Expendable"
  • The material cost of this war was greater than all other wars put together
  • Known as the "White Mouse", New Zealand spy Nancy Wake was the Allies' most decorated woman in this war
  • More lives were lost in this war that began in 1939 than in any other war in history
  • The poster seen here was printed in the United States during this war
  • The Voice of America first hit the airwaves during this war
  • The last occasion Congress declared war on any country
  • WAC, the Women's Army Corps, was created during this war
  • Leyte Gulf,Kursk
  • (Tom Ritchie presents the clue from Antarctica.) Port Lockroy was the start of Britain's permanent presence in Antarctica as a secret base to observe German movements during this war
  • The whole island of Malta was awarded the George Cross for bravery & heroism during this war
  • "Hemp for victory" was a U.S. government slogan to urge farmers to help win this war
  • In "Sahara", set in this war, German soldiers attack Humphrey Bogart at a desert oasis
  • Wingate's Raiders played a key role in the recovery of Burma, helping prevent a Japanese invasion of India in this war
  • Olivia Manning's "Balkan Trilogy" depicts a British couple living in the Balkans during this war
  • During this war, Pisa suffered severe damage as a part of the Axis' Pesaro-Rimini defensive line
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C.) Dedicated in 1959, the sculpture by Felix de Weldon, who's better known for the Marine Corps War Memorial, was given in memory of the 78 who lost their lives during this war while serving with the American Red Cross

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  • Publishers Gave Away 122,951,031 Books During World War II - The Atlantic
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