Facts
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1)World War II happened to be the most destructive conflict in history. It had killed more people, damaged mor property, cost more money, and caused more outrageous changes than any thing else in history.
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2)Poison gas was used in WWI to break stalemate in the trench warfares. Though all powers still had chemical weapons, it was only the Japanese and Italians to use them during WWII.
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3)Hitler visited Paris during World War II, and during that visit, the lift cables on the Eiffel Tower were cut by the French so Hitler would be forced to go up the stairs if he went to the top.
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6)The Battle of the Atlantic startes in 1939 and ended in 1945, making it the longest battle during World War II.
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7)Blood transfusion was the most important medical advance that had saved soldiers’ lives during World War 2.
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8)Russia was the country that had the largest number of World War II causalities, with over 21 million.
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9)Karl was the most powerful artillery gun created during World War II by any nation and was named after its designer General Karl Becker. Karl was mostly used against the Russians.
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10)On July 14, 1941, a new weapon was introduced by the Soviet, the Katyusha, which fired 320 rockets under 25 seconds. Another 50 years later and the Katyusha is still an effective weapon.
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11)During World War II, 433 Medals of Honor were given, and 219 of those medals were awarded after the receipiant's death.
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12)John R. McKinney was a United States soldier that held off more than 100 Japanese soldiers by himself.
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13)The amount of Chinese killed by the people of Japan during WWII is more than the amount of Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
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14)Plans for Japan and Russia to both sign an official peace treaty in the year 2000 failed because Japan wanted four offshore islands Russia had taken after the war was over.
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15)During the Holocaust, about 1.5 million children had died. Of those children, it is estimated 1.2 million of them were Jewish and around tens of thousands were Gypsies.
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Bibliography
Axis & Allies
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America
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