Portal:World War II/Did you know
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- ...that the World War II Italian submarine Cappellini was in all three major Axis navies, before being captured by the U.S. Navy?
- ...that U-256 was one of seven German World War II submarines converted into anti-aircraft submarines, and the last German submarine to leave Brest, France?
- ...that Ernest "Boots" Thomas, one of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima (pictured), was able to enlist in spite of being color blind by memorizing the results of another man's test?
- ...that the Land Coastal Defence which defended the Polish coast during the German invasion of Poland was subordinate to the Polish Navy, not the Army?
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- ...that Germany built two merchant submarines (pictured) in World War I to trade for valuable raw materials with the United States?
- ...that four artillery submarines were among many uncompleted U-boat projects planned by Nazi Germany?
- ...that the World War II Italian submarine Cappellini was in all three major Axis navies, before being captured by the U.S. Navy?
- ...that approximately 10,000 young Germans known as the Ritchie Boys served in the United States Army in World War II helping conduct psychological warfare against Nazi Germany?
- ...that French Major General René Cogny, who later commanded French forces during the First Indochina War, was captured in June 1940 by the German army, and had to escape by crawling naked through a drainpipe?
- ...that the Old Admiralty House, a national monument in Singapore, was used by the British Armed Forces for strategic planning during World War II?
- ...that the Polish Second Army was the second major formation of the Peoples' Army of Poland fighting alongside the Soviet Union in the Second World War?
- ...that U-256 was one of seven German World War II submarines converted into anti-aircraft submarines, and the last German submarine to leave Brest, France?
- ...that U-106, was one of Germany's most successful submarines sinking 22 Allied ships in World War II?
- ...that the Heinkel He 50, designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1931, was used operationally by Germany almost until the end of World War II?
- ...that the first time in World War II submersible tanks were used was on June 22, 1941, by German tanks of the 18th Panzer-Division?
- ...that the first German U-boat sunk by the United States Navy in World War II was U-656, sunk on 1 March 1942?
- ...that Harold G. Schrier led the patrol of U.S. Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Suribachi?
- ...that the Ryūhō was the only major warship damaged in the Doolittle raid, and the last Japanese aircraft carrier to make a war-time voyage outside the Home Islands?
- ...that Ernest "Boots" Thomas, one of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima (pictured), was able to enlist in spite of being color blind by memorizing the results of another man's test?
- ...that Target for Tonight was a 1941 documentary filmed, acted, and written by the Royal Air Force?
- ...that the Heinkel He 46, designed for the Luftwaffe in 1931, was still being used to fight the Soviets in 1943?
- ...that future Maltese diplomat Arvid Pardo was successively detained by Fascist Italian, Nazi German, and Soviet authorities between 1940 and 1945?
- ...that Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges was awarded two DSOs and a Bar to his DFC for flying secret missions for SOE in Europe and the Far East in the Second World War?
- ...that the Land Coastal Defence which defended the Polish coast during the German invasion of Poland was subordinate to the Polish Navy, not the Army?
