Post by Kageyama on May 2, 2007 15:04:57 GMT 8
Thought I'd throw in some fun and interesting War trivia in the mix here.
So to keep things short her are a few:
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During World War II, a German U-boat was sunk by a truck. The U-boat in question attacked a convoy in the Atlantic and then rose to see the effect. The merchant ship it sank had material strapped to its deck including a fleet of trucks, one of which was thrown in the air by the explosion, landing on the U-boat and breaking its back.
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The British Royal family are 100% German in origin; their original name was the House of Saxe-Coberg-Gothe. At the outbreak of World War II, they had to 'de-Germanize' themselves for fear of losing the throne. The name 'Windsor' was substituted, and was taken from one of the monarch's castles. Queen Elizabeth II even had a cousin tried, and found guilty, at Nuremburg for war crimes.
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When World War II began, the U.S. government declared platinum as a strategic metal and its use in non-military applications, including jewelry was disallowed. To appease consumers who preferred platinum's white luster, gold was substituted in platinum's absence.
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Despite what Hollywood claims in the film U-571, the Germans' wartime Enigma code machine was actually captured in a British operation involving HMS Bulldog and HMS Aubretia in May 1941 - six months before the USA joined World War 2.
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The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
So to keep things short her are a few:
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During World War II, a German U-boat was sunk by a truck. The U-boat in question attacked a convoy in the Atlantic and then rose to see the effect. The merchant ship it sank had material strapped to its deck including a fleet of trucks, one of which was thrown in the air by the explosion, landing on the U-boat and breaking its back.
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The British Royal family are 100% German in origin; their original name was the House of Saxe-Coberg-Gothe. At the outbreak of World War II, they had to 'de-Germanize' themselves for fear of losing the throne. The name 'Windsor' was substituted, and was taken from one of the monarch's castles. Queen Elizabeth II even had a cousin tried, and found guilty, at Nuremburg for war crimes.
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When World War II began, the U.S. government declared platinum as a strategic metal and its use in non-military applications, including jewelry was disallowed. To appease consumers who preferred platinum's white luster, gold was substituted in platinum's absence.
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Despite what Hollywood claims in the film U-571, the Germans' wartime Enigma code machine was actually captured in a British operation involving HMS Bulldog and HMS Aubretia in May 1941 - six months before the USA joined World War 2.
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The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
